Studio portrait of 2776 Private (Pte) Ola Phillips, 18th Battalion, of Wantiool, NSW. A labourer ...

Accession Number P09085.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2776 Private (Pte) Ola Phillips, 18th Battalion, of Wantiool, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney with the 6th Reinforcements on board HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 November 1915. Pte Phillips died of wounds on 3 May 1917, aged 27. He is buried at the Grevillers British Cemetery, France. His brother Isaac Phillips, 12th Light Horse Regiment returned to Australia on 20 July 1919.