Theodore John PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, Theodore John

Service Number:	267520
Enlisted:	21 April 1943
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1904
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Coral Sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Islands, 22 April 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 267520
21 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
22 Apr 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267520, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267520

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU operated by Qantas crashed during an emergency landing on the open sea near Port Moresby - the following personnel were not able to be rescued and they are commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial

PHILLIPS, Theodore John (Pilot Officer) 267520 (Aircrew)

BARTLEY, Walter Robert (Pilot Officer) 267521 (Aircrew)

HARRIS, James Abraham (AC) 423531

STEPHENS, Alan Reginald (AC) 59312

FLANAGAN, Ernest Alfred (LAC) 51288

GRADY, Ernest John (Sergeant) 37501

GROGAN, Vincent Edward (AC) 55573

NICHOLSON, Donald William (Corporal) 50337

ELLIS, Alfred James (LAC) 32238

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