Philip Amos

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Military Medal
  • Born 29 May 1890, Mabel Bush, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 7 May 1918, France
  • Killed In Action 7 May 1918, France
  • Last rank Trooper/Sergeant
  • Service number 9/1522
  • Served In Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Entrenching Company, Otago Mounted Rifles, 7th Reinforcements. Transferred to Pioneer (Māori) Battalion, 14 March 1916
  • Next of Kin Mrs Elizabeth Amos (mother), Whanganui, New Zealand
  • Pre-war occupation Bushman for W.G. Skerrett
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted23 August 1915, Wellington
  • Embarkationdeparted 9 October 1915, Wellington aboard HMNZT 32 Aparima or HMNZT 33 Navua or HMNZT 34 Warrimoo, disembarked, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western Front 1916-1917-1918
  • RememberedButtes New British Cemetery Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Military Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Medals sent to Mrs E. Amos, Hamilton.

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