Service Details
Name:
 PHILLPOTT
Given Name:
 WALTER FRANK
Initials:
 W F
Service No:
 144805
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-05
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Date of Birth:
 1912-12-03
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack by own planes near Alomate, Ethiopia. The planes strafed the column despite the deployment of identifying strips to indicate friendly forces
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank and Mary L. Phillpott, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Lesley V. Phillpott. Born in Durban. Educated at Hilton College. A Hotel Manager at the Howick Falls Hotel, Howick.
Commemoration
Country:
 Eritrea
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Cemetery:
 ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. D. 7.

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