PHILLIPPS R.W.
Given Names: Rundle Whitford
Service Number: 5600
Unit: Tunnelling Companies, Oct 1916 reinforcements
Rank: Sapper
Paybook Number: 93786
Age: 19 Yrs 1 Mth
Occupation: Clerk
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7¼ In
Weight: 103 Lbs
Chest: 33-34½ In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Medium
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 6/6/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Arthur Edwin Phillipps
19 Ross Street, East Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 25/10/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Ormonde
Embarked: 16/6/1919
Disembarked: 1/8/1919
Unit: Australian Electrical, Mechanical, Mining & Boring Company
Rank: Sapper
Discharge Date: 8/9/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 59393
Victory Medal: 57787
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1897
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Arthur Edwin PHILLIPPS
Mother: Emily Ellen WHITFORD
MARRIAGE
Year: 1923
Place:
Spouse: Dorothy May HUNT
DEATH
Date or Year: 5/3/1974
Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial: Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Camberwell Grammar
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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