PHILLIPS, Clement Arthur
| Service Numbers: | S20403, 429855 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940, Glenelg, SA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | North Adelaide, SA, 25 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Glenelg Primary School, Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk at Commonwealth Oil Refineries |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 29 July 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 9. G. 21. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg St Michael's War Chapel WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, S20403, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Glenelg, SA | |
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| 17 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 429855, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide, SA |
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Son of James Leonard and Florence Phillips; husband of Betty Jane Phillips, of Plympton Park, South Australia
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
Missing in air operations - target Stutgart Germany.
Mrs. C.A. Phillips, of Clement street, Plympton Park, has been notified that her husband, FO Clement Arthur Phillips, previously reported missing as a result of air operations over Stuttgart on July 29 in now belived to have lost his life on that date. FO Phillips was educated at Glenelg Primary and Adelaide High Schools and was employed by Commonwealth Oil Refineries before his enlistment. He was a member of the St. Peters lacrosse team.
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