PHILP , Sydney Thomas Leeman
| Service Number: | 5442 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Central Boys State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1973, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 3 |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion, France - multiple shell wounds | |
| 31 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion, France - severe GSW left leg |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion, per HT Saxon |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5442, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sidney was the only child of John Andrews Philp (born 1857 in Glasgow, Scortland) and Catherine (Kate) McIntyre (born 1850 in Dumbarton, Scotland). John was a Ship's Steward in 1884 when he married Kate, and Sidney was born in Brisbane, QLD in 1885. John and Kate settled in Brisbane, and John worked as a Ship's Steward until he retired in 1930.
In 1912 Sidney was working as a Salesman in Brisbane QLD when he married Martha Ann Linde (born 1890 in Gympie, QLD). Sidney enlisted in the AIF in January 1916 and served as a Private and Corporal (Service No:5442) with 26th Infantry Battalion. He was WiA in France on two occasions - in 1917 and 1918, and was Discharged in March 1919.
Sidney and Martha lived in Brisbane, QLD where Sidney was a Draper before moving to Bribie Island in 1928, where Sidney worked as a Salesman. They lived at Crow's Nest on the Darling Downs where Sidney was a Storekeeper, and at Nerang in Southport where Sidney was a Smallgoods Salesman. They returned to Brisbane, where Mary died in 1969 and Sidney in 1973.