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Born: Clare, South Australia

Home Town: Grace Plains

Schooling: Grace Plains School SA to Grade 6 (Then as his Father was very ill he had to become a Farm Labourer at age 11 years to assist at the Family Farm)

World War II Service

Australian Infantry Forces 6th Division 2/8th Battalion 19th Brigade
Active Service: Within Australia 976 days
Outside Australia: 455 days
Total Effective Period : 1721 days

Served on continuous fulltime war service in the
Citizens Military Forces 28/6/1941 to 3/7/1942
His first duties in the Army were as a Driver/Mechanic in the 121st Transport Company, assisting in the building of roads from Penong SA to the SA/WA border, then up to the Northern Territory between Alice Springs and Darwin for the Defence of Australia.
Australian Imperial Forces 4/7/1942 to 14/3/1946
Once in the AIF 6th Division 2/8th 19the Brigade he trained in the Atherton Tablelands Qld before being transported to New Guinea and fought in the Wee Wak/Aitape campaigns.

Occupation:
He was a Farm Labourer before enlisting for the WWII then after he joined the South Australian Railways as a Guard, Signalman, Porter’s and other Duties from 5/7/1946.
The majority of his working life from December 1952 until his retirement on 03/05/1985 he was the top Class 2B-2 Crane Driver for the Electricity Trust of South Australia called out at all times after hours to assist with emergency services in major car accidents all over Adelaide and up through the Barossa and Clare Valleys involving cars crashing into electricity poles or storms damaging electricity poles and bringing down power lines. His service in ETSA included the replacement of all wooden Stobie Poles in Adelaide which were replaced with concrete and steel ones.

Died: 23 December 2005 Minlaton South Australia from Dementia Cemetery: Enfield Memorial Park South Australia

Memorials: Enfield RSL Roll of Honour

Next of kin in Service

Brother SX31610 George Herbert Phillips
B 21/6/1914
D 14/01/2006 (91 yrs)

M Evlynn May Tiller B 1913 D 1988 (75 yrs)

Memorials: Enfield RSL Roll of Honour

Brother S53499 Ronald Ralph Phillips
B 6/10/1921
D 10/12/2006 (85 yrs)


Biography

Son of Alfred Ernest Phillips and Myrtle Barber

Father Alfred Ernest PHILLIPS
B 7/12/1980
D 27/6/1941 (61 years)

M 29/3/1911 Mother Myrtle BARBER at Residence of Brides parents at Sevenhill South Australia
B 21/4/1887
D 13/1/1971 (83 years)

8 Children

Reta Berrel PHILLIPS
B 8/1/1912
D 22/1/1987 (75 years)

M 22/5/1937 Laurence Frederick CORDES B 15/7/1908 D 10/8/1992 (83 yrs)

Wilfred Leslie PHILLIPS
B 7/4/1913
D 21/6/1981 (68 years)

M Ethel Joan KOTZ at Barossa Valley SA B 3/10/1923 D 1977 (54 yrs)

George Herbert PHILLIPS (Service SX31610)
B 21/6/1914
D 14/01/2006 (91 yrs)

M 4/1/1947 Evlynn May TILLER at Maylands Methodist Church B 9/7/1912 D 4/1/1988 (75 yrs)


Clarace Myrtle PHILLIPS
B 18/05/1916
D 20/8/2002 (85 yrs)

Ivy Phyllis PHILLIPS
B 18/5/1916
D 6/12/1999 (82 yrs)

M Reginald Emery BARWICK B 1900 D 5.2.85 (85 yrs)

Alfred Kenneth PHILLIPS (Service SX20784)
B 29/04/1920
D 23/12/2005 (85 yrs)

M 21/06/1946 Lillian Enid PALAMOUNTAIN (nee WRAY) B 25/01/1921 D 14/05/2001 (80 yrs)


Ronald Ralph PHILLIPS (Service S53499)
B 6/10/1921
D 10/12/2006 (85 yrs)

Una Ema PHILLIPS
B 4/5/1928
D 3/4/1981 (52 yrs)

M Brian George BRAHAM B 1924 D 18/8/1999 (75 yrs)