Phillip MEDLIN

MEDLIN, Phillip

    Service Number: 266
    Enlisted: 16 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Plymouth, England, December 1878
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds - abdomen, Gallipoli Peninsula, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 62, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 266, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 266, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    His address at the time of enlistment was 49 Edith Street, Leichhardt, NSW

    Son of Mary Ann Medlin of 189 Balmain Road, Leichhardt, NSW. Brother of Edwin Medlin of 'Beulah' Broughton Street, Concord, NSW later of 'Beulah' Egerton Street, Auburn, NSW and George Medlin of Annasley Street, Leichhardt, NSW

    Fellow soldiers remember his as a fine soldier and a great favourite with the Company

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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