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PHILP, Ernest Holman
(Service number 34724)

Aliases	Holman
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	03/02/1892	Place of Birth	Winchester, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	5 August 1916	Age	24 years 6 months
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Territorial Reserve (serving)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Miss E. LEWIS (friend), Orakipaoa, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight - both eyes 5/5. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth bad. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Varicose veins - slight on left leg. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expedtitionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	7 December 1916
Transport	Port Lyttelton
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry

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	18 April 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 September 1966	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Orakipaoa, Milford, Temuka (residence)
Cause	Heart attack
Notices	Timaru Herald, 20 September 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 180, Plot 710
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Ernest Holman Philp was the youngest son of Cornish parents, John Philp and Elizabeth Ann née Bartlett. Ernest married Evelyn Lewis in 1922 - next-of-kin firend?

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0092809) [05 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 August 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [04 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 9 August 1916, 22 October 1917, 20 August 1918, 22 March 1919, New Zealand Herald, 31 August 1917, Temuka Leader, 01 September 1917, Otago Daily Times, 20 October 1917, Sun, 4 May 1918, Evening Post, 7 August 1918, Press, 8 March 1919 (Papers Past) [05 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 September 1966 (Timaru District Library) [02 August 2016]

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