Regimental number 2022
School Yarra Park State School, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Railway employee
Address 19 Falconer Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24.11
Next of kin Mother, E V Stent, 33 James Street, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date 3 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 22nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details ..Name given on Nominal Roll as FARGHER, Phillip Athol
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Taken on strength, 22nd Bn, Gallipoli, 31 October 1915.
Admitted to HS 'Oxfordshire', 12 December 1915 (diptheria); transferred to 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, 15 December 1915; to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 February 1916; discharged to duty, 4 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing in Action, 19 July 1916; now, 5 August 1916, declared 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 1040105, 385 Pte W. TOTMAN, Lewis Gun Section, HQ, 60th Bn (patient, St John's Hospital, Etaples), 12 December 1916: 'Capt. Hollis, M.G.S. told me he was killed soon after crossing the parapet at Fleurbaix, by m. gun.'
Note in file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Miscellaneous details Mother's surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as SKUT.
Died: Killed in action - Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Leonards Honor Roll, St Leonards St Paul's Anglican Church Honor Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
Regimental number 2022
School Yarra Park State School, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Railway employee
Address 19 Falconer Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24.11
Next of kin Mother, E V Stent, 33 James Street, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date 3 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 22nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details ..Name given on Nominal Roll as FARGHER, Phillip Athol
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Taken on strength, 22nd Bn, Gallipoli, 31 October 1915.
Admitted to HS 'Oxfordshire', 12 December 1915 (diptheria); transferred to 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, 15 December 1915; to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 February 1916; discharged to duty, 4 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing in Action, 19 July 1916; now, 5 August 1916, declared 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 1040105, 385 Pte W. TOTMAN, Lewis Gun Section, HQ, 60th Bn (patient, St John's Hospital, Etaples), 12 December 1916: 'Capt. Hollis, M.G.S. told me he was killed soon after crossing the parapet at Fleurbaix, by m. gun.'
Note in file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Miscellaneous details Mother's surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as SKUT.
Died: Killed in action - Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Leonards Honor Roll, St Leonards St Paul's Anglican Church Honor Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
Gravesite Details
Private, 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: 25.
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