Phillip John MCBRIDE

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Service Number:	SX6790
Enlisted:	25 June 1940
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Camden, South Australia, Australia, 2 October 1918
Home Town:	Cobdogla, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 24 September 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 24. Inscription: "FONDLY REMEMBERED BY LOVED ONES AT HOME. R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Adelaide 2/8 Australian Field Ambulance WW2 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmera Memorial Gates, Barmera Primary School WW2 Honour Roll, Cobdogla Sporting Complex Memorial Gates

25 Jun 1940:	Involvement Driver, SX6790, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6790, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Date unknown:	Involvement

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