PHILP, William Hawksley
| Service Number: | WX7902 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Barker, Western Australia, 17 December 1907 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bus and Tractor Operator |
| Died: | Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 18 September 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 10. Row A. Collective Grave 1 - 4. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7902 | |
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| 13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7902, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
William Hawksley Philp married Violet Adele Maud Lehrke on 29th January 1930 in East Perth, Western Australia. Violet (Verna) and their three children were residing in Collie when Bill enlisted on 13th August 1940, later being assigned 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Headquarter Company No. 3.
After his death Violet (Verna) Philp remarried in 1948 and was widowed again on 22nd June 1959 when her husband Charles Arthur Budd died aged 38 years.
Verna died on 12th October 1987 in The District Hospital Collie, Western Australia, aged 76 years and was interred on 15th October 1987 in the
Anglican Portion of Collie Cemetery, Western Australia.
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