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PHILLIPS, Thomas
(Service number 36483)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	16 June 1896	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Princes Street, Waimate
Occupation	Tailor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Clara PHILLIPS (mother), Princes Street, Waimate
Religion	Wesleyan
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Caretaker

Death

Date	9 February 1970	Age	73 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Phillips was the son of Thomas Phillips and Clara née Hubbard.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 February 2017]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [06 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 February 2017]

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