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Private Phillip Henry Anderson
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Private Phillip Henry Anderson

Birth
Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death
19 Jan 1942 (aged 24)
Malaysia
Monument
Kranji, North West, Singapore Add to Map
Plot
Column 122.
Memorial ID
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Phillip was the son of John and Verbina Velaslo Anderson.
Phillip was the husband of Corinne Bessie Anderson, of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
(Corinne remarried in 1948 to Jeff Black)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2/19th Bn. Service Number: NX35899.
Country of Service Australian.
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX35899
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX35899, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Casualty of War: Phillip was killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 24 years. His service to his country is remembered on the Singapore Memorial.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Cenotaph here
Service Number: NX35899
Enlisted: 27 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born: TAMWORTH, NSW, 29 October 1917
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
Phillip was the son of John and Verbina Velaslo Anderson.
Phillip was the husband of Corinne Bessie Anderson, of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
(Corinne remarried in 1948 to Jeff Black)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2/19th Bn. Service Number: NX35899.
Country of Service Australian.
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX35899
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX35899, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Casualty of War: Phillip was killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 24 years. His service to his country is remembered on the Singapore Memorial.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Cenotaph here
Service Number: NX35899
Enlisted: 27 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born: TAMWORTH, NSW, 29 October 1917
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

Inscription

AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
2ND/19TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY (CONT'D)
ANDERSON P. H.

Gravesite Details

Private, Australian Infantry. Age: 22.


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