William Charles PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, William Charles

Service Number:	4567
Enlisted:	23 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Arleston, South Derbyshire, England, 1896
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4567, Depot Battalion
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4567, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4567, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4567, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4567 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 20. Arleston is a hamlet in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about 4 miles south of the centre of Derby. It is located 1.2 miles northwest of Barrow upon Trent and is part of that village's civil parish. The Trent and Mersey Canal passes through Arleston.

Younger brother Ernest Henry Phillips served with the Shropshire Light Infantry during the Great War, Regiment Number 43968. He survived the war and lived till 1971.

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