Robert Haig PHILP

PHILP, Robert Haig

Service Number: QX9562
Enlisted: 20 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 4 March 1919
Home Town: Jandowae, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Truck driver
Died: Natural causes, Kingaroy, Queensland, 5 September 2012, aged 93 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1940: Involvement QX9562, died 5 Sep 2012 (C'Mail)
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX9562, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted
27 Dec 1940: Embarked Private, 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Per "Queen Mary" to Middle East, disembarking 2 February 1941.
16 Feb 1942: Embarked 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Per "Empire Pintail" to Australia, disembarking 22 March 1942.
5 Apr 1943: Transferred General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
16 Jul 1943: Embarked Per "Henry T. Allen" to New Guinea, disembarking Port Moresby 20 July 1943.
14 May 1944: Embarked From Lae per "Sea Flasher" to Brisbane, disembarking 20 May 1944.
17 Jul 1944: Transferred 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
21 Dec 1944: Embarked From Cairns per "Bontekoe" to Aitape, New Guinea, disembarking 27 December 1944.
1 Sep 1945: Embarked Per "Katoomba" to Brisbane, disembarking 20 September 1945.
10 Oct 1945: Discharged Private, QX9562, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
10 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX9562, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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