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PHILLIPS, Ernest Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX37838 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/124th Brigade Workshop |
| Born: | Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, 16 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 25 October 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row D. Grave 11. Inscription: "HERE SLEEPEST NOW A FELLOW WHO WAS ALWAYS "ON THE SQUARE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX37838 | |
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| 19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX37838 | |
| 25 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX37838, 2nd/124th Brigade Workshop, Died from scrub typhus in New Guinea. |
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