Thomas Phillip WHITELAW

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WHITELAW, Thomas Phillip

Service Number:	2019
Enlisted:	17 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Araluen, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Septic Pneumonia, South Africa, 17 December 1919
Cemetery:	Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery. Western Cape Province, South Africa Plot B1, Row UL, Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Braidwood Servicemens Club Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2019, Enlisted at Sydney NSW
23 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 2019, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 2019, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

27 September 1916 - AWOL fined 6 days pay

1 December 1916 - Taken on strength

30September 1917 - Wonded in action

1 May 1918 - Wounded i nacction - severe gunshot wound to the buttocks

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Died while on return voyage to Australia

Biography contributed by VWM Australia

True name Philip Thomas Whitelaw

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