Phillips, Phillip John: Service no. 746076

Source: May 1917 casualty.

Family Search: When Private Philip Jesse Phillips was born on 28 December 1875, in Haggerstone West, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Phillips, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Walker, was 28. He married Emily Turnham about 1898, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1915, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as woodworker in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He died on 7 May 1917, in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, at the age of 41, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Reg number	746076
Name	Phillips, Philip John
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	2/17/1905
Date of Death	5/4/1917
Cemetery	Vimy Communal Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	England
Home Country	Canada
City born	Hoxton St, N London, England
Address	63 Athol St, Oshawa ON
Enlistment Date	12/5/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	12/5/1915
Left 116th	10/6/1916
Married	yes
Occupation	woodworker
Wounded date	5/7/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	DOW
KIA
DOW	yes
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area	yes
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	D Coy
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description	died of wounds received in action, in the field France – trenches at Mont Foret Quarries, east of Vimy