Edwin Matthew Phillips

Forenames

Edwin Matthew AWMM

Surname

Phillips AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2011 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mark Phillips (father), Milford Road, Takapuna, North Shore, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2011 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Pneumonia and measles AWMM
• Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
  Pneumonia and measles AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Son of Mark and Electra Phillips of Takapuna

Brought home, and taken to Albany where he received a full military service at the cemetery

Listed at Archives New Zealand as PHILLIPS, Edwin Matthew - WW1 N/N - Army

Next of Kin: Mr M. Phillips, Milford, Takapuna (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

1 Jul 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Albany Village Cemetery, Old Albany Highway, Albany, New Zealand AWMM Row D. Plot 1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Albany Memorial Library, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Auckland Council. North burial and cremation records search
  http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/northburialcremationrecords.aspx
  Sources Used
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643310/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643310
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Roll of Honour. (1923). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Defence.
• Information kindly provided by family
• North Harbour news
  Gray, M. (1998, April 24). Casualties of a futile war. North Harbour News. p. 3 includes portrait of Corporals Edin Phillips and Kenneth Hooton
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald, 8 July 1915, p9. ["Camp Death Roll: ... in the majority of cases death was due to complications following measles."]
• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, Thursday 8th July 1915,p.22
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.