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PHILLIPS, John Eddy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 254 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Walhalla, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 254, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 254, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 254, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 254, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
Walhalla Cemetery
In December 2022 found a headstone at Walhalla Cemetery with reference to John Eddy Phillips. The headstone was for his father's grave and he died in 1899. John junior was killed in action at Gallipoli with no known grave.
Submitted 11 December 2022 by David Hall
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