James Temple (Jim) PHILPOT

PHILPOT, James Temple

Service Number: 1084
Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Kensington
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Analytical Chemist
Died: Flying Battle, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot I, Row D, Grave II
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington
10 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 1084, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
21 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1084, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wounds right ankle and left thigh.
22 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left arm
25 Jul 1916: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Thompson and Dorothy Jane PHILPOT of Lithgow Street, Lithgow

JESUS HAS VANQUISHED DEATH AND ALL ITS POWERS

SERGT. J. T. PHILIOT.
Wounded in action at the Dardanelles, is the youngest son of Mr. ad Mrs. W. T. Philpot, of Lithgow. He is 20 years of age, took a great deal of interest in military matters from an early age; was a Lieutenant in the senior cadets, and went to England with the Coronation Cadets. 
"Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Philpot that their son "Jim," who was slightly wounded in the Dardanelles fighting, has been invalided to London. The local lad is evidently convalescent,  otherwise the journey would not have been undertaken.

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