Thomas Wallace Phillips
Born 30 Dec 1894 - Died 18 Oct 1915
- Service number
- WWI 13/728 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Thomas Wallace AWMM
- Surname
- Phillips AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 13/728 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 30 Dec 1894 Kiwi Jocks Research
12 Glasgow Rd, Dumbarton AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs M. Phillips (mother), Post-office, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/728 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of pneumonia following wounds AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Matthew and Mary Phillips, of Fencourt, Cambridge.
Mother's initials incorrectly spelt as R. in Nominal Roll.
Auckland War Memorial Museum 'Scars on the Heart WWI': "The En Zeds" display case includes the Roll Book of the Auckland Mounted Rifles. The Roll Book contains names and details of those who served in Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine.
Next of Kin: Mr M. Phillips, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Unit: Auckland Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.
Rank: Corporal
Name: Thomas Wallace PHILLIPS
No: 13/728
Occupation & employer: Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date and Place of Birth: 12 July 1894, Scotland
Next of Kin: Mary Phillips (mother),
Description on Enlistment: Apparent age 20 years, 4 months, 6ft tall, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.
Parents: Son of Matthew and Mary Phillips, of Fencourt, Cambridge, Hamilton. Born at Dumbarton, Scotland.
Service: Posted to Unit, Dardanelles, 4 July 1915
Admitted Gunshot wound leg and hand, Anzac, 11 August 1915, transferred to ship, HS Floriana
Arrived at Malta, admitted to hospital, dangerously ill, 19 August 1915
Removed from dangerously ill list, Malta, 13 September 1915.
Died at NZ Military Hospital, Walton on Thames, of pneumonia following wounds, 18 October 1915. Aged 20.
Buried Church St, Walton on Thames, England.
Obituaries CORPORAL T. W. PHILLIPS. Corporal Thomas Wallace Phillips, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, is reported to ie dangerously ill. He is 20 years of age and a son of Mrs M. Phillips, of Matangi. being one of a family of three—a twin brother and a sister. He was educated at the Academy, Dumbarton (having been born in Scotland), and was awarded a gold medal for attending without missing a day in nine years. He holds trophies for physical drill, scout work, and shooting. At the age of 16 (then over 6ft in height) he joined the Auckland Mounted Rifles, and at the tine of enlisting he was engaged in farming. [Auckland Star, 7 September 1915]
CORPORAL T. W. PHILLIPS. Corporal Thomas Wallace Phillips, recently reported to have died at Walton Hospital, London, through wounds received at the Dardanelles, followed by pneumonia, was well known in the Cambridge district. He was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, in 1894, and came out to the Dominion a few years ago. He served as a volunteer in the Cambridge section of the Waikato Mounted Rifles. Corporal Phillips was a good rifle shot, having won many prizes. [New Zealand Herald, 2 November 1915]Public - Jan - Researcher - 13 October 2018 - WW1 Enlistment records, Archives NZ, https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/, Commonwealth War Graves Commission [www.cwgc.org], Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/, and NZBDM online.
- Son of Matthew and Mary Phillips, of Fencourt, Cambridge.
About death
- Death
- 18 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Walton and Weybridge (Walton-on-Thames) Cemetery, Surrey, England AWMM Screen Wall. 407. AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
- Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
- Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
- Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20801188
Further Reference - http://nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-wallace-phillips
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/402084/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/402084
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 581 - Sperry, Fabian. Papers, 1914 - 1974. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 99/92.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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