STEELE P.J.R.

Given Names:  Phillip John Rupert

Service Number:  6416

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, Bty 10                                                                               

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

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Age:  26 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Warehouseman                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  0 In                     

Weight:  182 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/9/1915

Place:  Albert Park

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Phillip John Steele

9 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  8/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  4th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3504

British War Medal:  25178

Victory Medal:  25009

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Camberwell, Victoria                    

Father:  Phillip John STEELE                   

Mother:  Johanna Albertine EKMAN

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 8/1/1917                            

Place: No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, France                                            

Burial:  St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served in Egypt and France

Wounded in action 15/11/1916; shrapnel wound, head and leg (leg amputated); died 8/1/1917

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Melbourne Cricket Club

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356471

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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