Philip Plumb

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First Name:

Philip

Last Name:

Plumb

Alternate Spelling:

Phillip

Mother's Name:

Susan (nee Crick)

Father's Name:

John Plumb

Date Enlisted:

Wednesday, August 12, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

18th Battalion

Company:

C Company

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Sunday, August 22, 1915

Place of Death:

Hill 60 Gallipoli

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Phillip Plumb was born in England about 1892 and came to Australia. He enlisted in the AIF and sailed on HMMT A35 Berrima to Rabaul with F Company ANMEF Tropical Unit with Service No 758. At the time he was a single 22 year old labourer working at Corrimal, NSW.

After serving in Rabaul he returned to Sydney and was discharged on 18th January 1915.

On 22nd Feb 1915 he reenlisted with Service No 966 and embarked on HMAT A40 Ceramic with C Company, 18th Battalion on 25th June 1915. He was sent from Egypt to Gallipoli and arrived on 16th August 1915. He took part in the battle for Hill 60 and was killed during a charge on Turkish trenches. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, PLUMB PHILLIP