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PHILP, Hiram James

Service Numbers:	QX38756, Q110004
Enlisted:	20 October 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1919
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q110004, also QX38756
20 Oct 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX38756, also Q110004
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX38756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
10 Jun 1945:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX38756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
22 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX38756, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
22 Mar 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaign - BORNEO (HQ Company, Lt., 2 i/c 3 Platoon).