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PHILLIPS, William Ronald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 407079 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 July 1914 |
Home Town: | Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Payneham and Norwood High Schools, South Australia |
Occupation: | Bank Officer |
Died: | Flying Battle, United Kingdom, 28 May 1941, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Ipswich New Cemetery Grave Sec. X.H. Grave 436A, Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine Aviation Museum Memorial Wall, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Honor Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
27 May 1940: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 407079 | |
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27 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407079 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of Herbert Leslie and Gertrude Janeatta Phillips, of Payneham, South Australia.
INSCRIPTION
A RADIANT SPIRIT, A NATURE SWEET, A LOVE DIVINE, MY SON