Ernest Edward Leo PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, Ernest Edward Leo

Service Number:	53420
Enlisted:	4 April 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1920
Home Town:	West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia C.B.5., Townsville War Cemetery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 53420
4 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), RAAF Ground Training Schools
4 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53420, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
12 Sep 1943:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 53420, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Ernest James Phillips and Ethel Victoria Phillips of West Melbourne, Victoria

Leading Aircraftman Ernest Edward Leo Phillips 53420 of Number 36 Squadron was shot with a .303 rifle (deliberately) by another airman in the single men’s quarters in Aitkenvale, Townsville

The shooter was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years hard labour and discharged from the RAAF

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