LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman William Joseph PHILLIPS
Service No: 151945
Born: Brisbane QLD, 9 April 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 April 1944
Unit: No. 3 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Illness, Greenslopes QLD, 26 November 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Phillips, of Brisbane
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 November 1945, Leading Aircraftman Phillips, a Clerk, became dangerously ill following an appendectomy at Brisbane Medical Unit, Greenslopes. He died on 26 November of a peritoneal abscess.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/32/951