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| dateofbirth	  = 10  Oct 1901
| placeofbirth	  = Armadale, Western Australia
| death	          = 14 Mar 1988, aged 86
| placeofdeath	  = Mornington, Victoria
| enlistmentage	  = 40 years, 3 months
| description	  = 6'2" (1.88m) tall; fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair
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| occupation	  = Boilermaker's Assistant
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| address	  = 385 Main street, kangaroo Point, Queensland
| relation	  = Sister
| nextofkin       = Ms Veronique Taylor
| regnumber	  = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6169081  N464830]
| enlistmentdate  =17 Sep 1943
| rank	          = Sapper
| unit     	  = [[2/1st Field Butchery Company]]
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==Pre War==
On 2 Oct 1916 Philbert joined the Western Australian Government Railways and Tramways as a Junior Storeboy at Bunbury for 3/- (30 cents) per day. He was made a member of permanent staff on 2 Oct 1917, and on 5 Aug 1920 he was granted 6 months leave without pay, resigning on 25 Jan 1921.

Electoral Roll entries: 1925 Hines Hill WA, labourer; 1931 Tallawang road, Gulgong NSW, miner; 1943 'Lugano' Ivory street Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, boilermaker's assistant
==War Service==
Registered for Mobilization on 10 Apr 1942 and declared to be in a Reserved Occupation. However, he was called up 17 Sep 1943 for full time duty, and on 24 Sep 1943 entered the [[1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Centre]] at Kapooka. Philbert was charged on 29 Feb 1944 with having used insubordinate language to a superior officer for which he was fined £1 and given 7 days Confined to Barracks. On 10 Mar 1944 he was transferred to the 5th AARD, but on 4 Apr 1944 the [[114th Australian Convalescent Depot]] reclassified Philbert as Class B. On 14 Apr 1944 he marched out to the [[13th Australian Personnel Staging Camp]] for evaluation, and from there transferred to the [[2/1st Field Butchery Company]] Meat works referred to as the Cape River Meat Works at Pentland, Queensland approx. 140 kilometers south west of Charters Towers.


On 25 Jun 1944 he was evacuated to the [[2/14th Australian General Hospital]], and from there sent on to the [[112th Australian General Hospital]] (Brisbane) who released him back to duty with the Meat Works on 5 Jul 1944. On 11 May 1945 he was admitted to the [[2/14th Australian General Hospital]] with Dengue Fever. Released to his unit on 27 May 1945, but classified B2 for health reasons on 30 Jul 1945. On 2 Nov 1945 he was transferred to the [[1st Maintenance Platoon]], before moving again on 22 May 1946 to the [[41st DCRE (Works)]], and finally to the [[NSW Line of Communication Discharge Depot]] for discharge on 6 Sep 1946. Discharged 18 Sep 1946.

==Post War==
Electoral Roll entries: 1949 Eastlake Hostel, |Canberra, builders labourer; 1958 at 210 Drummond street, South Carlton, labourer; 1977 at 488 Camberwell road, Camberwell, Vic, retired.. 
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