Leonard Thomas PHILLIPS

PHILLIPS, Leonard Thomas

Service Number: QX14756
Enlisted: 16 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane City, Queensland
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 January 1906
Home Town: Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Advertising Manager
Died: Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 19 February 1944, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: A8. B. 11. Roll of Honour: Brisbane, Queensland., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement QX14756
16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Corporal, QX14756, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane City, Queensland
16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX14756, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported, as stated: 15/02/1942, Prisoner of War; Cause of Death, Place and Date: Illness, Burma, 19/02/1944; NAA Service Record (Pg-5); Also AWM Roll of Honour of Corporal: Leonard Thomas PHILLIPS; SN QX14756.
15 Feb 1942: Wounded Corporal, QX14756, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, *NOT DISCHARGED* Wounded - Specifically, Reported, as stated: Medical Condition, due cause of death from illness, from 15/02/1942, to 19/02/1944; NAA Service Record (Pg-5); AWM Roll of Honour of Corporal: Leonard Thomas PHILLIPS; SN QX14756.

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of John PHILLIPS & Mary Jane (nee-JOHNSTON) PHILLIPS.

Next of Kin - Wife: Monica Josephine (nee-O'BRIEN) PHILLIPS, Married: 13 June 1936, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.