PHILLIPS, Henry
| Service Number: | 3212 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yandoit, Victoria, Australia, 28 December 1884 |
| Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1950, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Burial reference: - Tristania. Garden G3. Bed 4. Rose 64. |
| Memorials: | Terang War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Garrison Military Police | |
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| 19 Nov 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Garrison Military Police , Discharged on medical grounds: - "Adhesion following appendicitis operation". | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3212, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3212, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3212, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3212, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged on medical grounds: - Chronic Bronchitis. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Henry Phillips was born on 28th December 1884 in Yandoit, Victoria, his parents were, Charles Phillips and Anna Elizabeth Dawe married in 1881 in Victoria. His father Henry died details of death unknown, and Anna remaried to William Penman. Henry Phillips retain his parent's name of Phillips.
Henry "Harry" Phillips married Esther Jane Hallett in Victoria on 2nd September 1914 when he was 29 years of age.
Harry enlisted in the AIF on the 8th July 1915 at Melbourne, Victoria. He was discharged on 19th November 1915 due to medical grounds ( adhesion from surgery, appendectomy).
Harry again enlisted on 28th October 1916 in Melbourne, Victoria. After basic training he was assigned to 60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, regimental number - 3212. He along with his unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A7 Medic on 16th December 1916 for oversea's service in France. Private Henry Phillips returned to Australia on 12th May 1918 and following his discharge returned to civilian life and settled with his wife and family in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. Details of his post war life can be best described by the following newspaper articles hereunder.
Phillips.—On February 7th, at his home, 7 Edith St., Dandenong, Henry (Harry) Phillips, Late 60th Batt. Ist A.1.F.,the dearly loved husband of Esther Jane Phillips
and loving father of Doris, Harold, Ron, May
(Mrs. Andrews), Stanley, Vic., (dec., Lionel and
Lorna. Aged 64 years.
"Peacefully sleeping."
Former Market Inspector Dies
IT IS WITH REGRET that friends of Mr. Harry Phillips, former market inspector at Dandenong for some 20 years, learnt of his passing on February 7th. The late Mr. Phillips was a well known and popular figure in the market for years. After a short illness, Mr. Henry (Harry) Phillips, former inspector of the Dandenong market, died at his home, 7 Edith street, Dandenong, early yesterday morning, at the age of 64 years.
He was born at Yandoit and had lived in Dandenong for over 30 years. During the First World War he served in France with the 60th Infantry Battalion, and the flag over the Town Hall was flown half-mast yesterday as a tribute to his memory. Soon after his return from the war he came to Dandenong, where he had lived ever since. For more than 20 years he was shire inspector of the municipal market and was widely known to all who frequented this institution. He is survived by his wife, five sons, Harold, Ron, Stanley, Ian and Lionel, and three daughters, Doris, May (Mrs. Andrews) and Lorna, to whom sympathy is extended in their loss. After a service conducted by Pastor A. F. Youens, at the home this afternoon, the remains were cremated at Springvale Crematorium. As a mark of respect the flag was flown at half-mast over the Town Hall. The funeral arrangments were made by W. J. Garnar and Son.
The Dandenong Journal, Wednesday 8th February 1950.
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