Participant Info

Surname

Phillips

First Name

Ernest

Initial

Service Number

3280

Rank

private

Unit Served

25th Machine Gun Company, late 7th Reinforcements, 17th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

September 13

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

December 20

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 73, image page 72

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

George Albert and Lucy Phillips

Parental Address

Parramatta

Parental City

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Granville, July 9, 1896, educated Granville Public School, clerk, enlisted September 1915, embarked December 23, 1915. War service: Egypt, France (Armentieres, Fleurbaix, Somme), Belgium (promoted to corporal, later to sergeant, and gained his com