Colonel Owen Forbes Phillips

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-12
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1916-01-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1915-11-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-01-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-04-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Collection items

    Document


    Papers relating to Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 1915

    Personal diary of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1 January – 31 December 1917

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6200 at position 45
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2055 at position 61

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    05 November 1915 on page 11001 at position 23
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 January 1916 on page 156 at position 14

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Royal Australian Field Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13564 at position 119
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 110

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 January 1916 on page 1207 at position 18
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 April 1916 on page 861 at position 19

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Battalion London Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 16
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1653 at position 75

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6793 at position 13
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 11

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    12 July 1919 on page 8938 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 October 1919 on page 1531 at position 44

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Royal Australian Field Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 254 at position 46
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 98

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1917 on page 28 at position 55
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1389 at position 60

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 75
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 8

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

Timeline

Date of enlistment 10 September 1914
Date of embarkation 20 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 13 April 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 April 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 January 1919
Date returned to Australia 31 May 1919

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