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PHINIX, Angelo
(Service number 52538)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 18 July 1892 Place of Birth Auckland

Enlistment Information

Date 21 March 1917 Age 24 years
Address at Enlistment Criterion Hotel, Waimate
Occupation Telegraph clerk (P. and T. Department)
Previous Military Experience P & T Corps, Waimate
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mr Joseph PHINIX (father) st George's Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland
Religion Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 29th Reinforcements, Specialists company, Signal Section
Date 15 August 1917
Transport Ruahine
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Auckland Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns Western European
Service Medals British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 21 July 1919 Reason On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Telegraph clerk; citrus grower

Death

Date 27 August 1972 Age 80 years
Place of Death Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference Block M, Row 13, Plot 63
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 February 2025]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 March 2025]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 13 March 1917, 7 April 1917, Timaru Herald, 14 March 1917, 10 April 1917, Auckland Star, 1 June 1918 (Papers Past) [07 January 2015; 01 March 2025]; Waikumete Cemetery record (Auckland Council) [01 March 2025]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC Genealogy Society

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