Edward James PHILLIPS

Born 1902 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England ^{[20] [21]}
Son of carter George PHILLIPS and Mary Ann MORETON ^{[20] [243]}
He was on of 12 children however four of his siblings had died in childhood ^[20]
In 1911 he was living with his parents and five of his siblings at 24 Inkerman Terrace in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England ^[20]
     The nine of them were residing in a three-roomed house, with the kitchen counting as one of the nine rooms ^[20]
He could be the Edward James PHILLIPS who departed London on the steamship Balranald on 12 April 1923 bound for Melbourne ^[203]
Farmhand in Carnamah, Western Australia 1939-1943 ^{[19] [50] [277]}
Farmhand for William A. T. SARGENT on Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah in 1939 ^[277]
He was one of five fathers who signed a letter to the Education Department in July 1939 requesting a school at East Carnamah ^[277]
     The names of his children were two of the ten children listed in the official application for the school on 18 July 1939 ^[277]
     Along with the other fathers signed a guarantee to supplement the Education Department if the attendance dropped below eight ^[277]
     The Wongyarra State School at East Carnamah opened on 4 September 1939 and functioned until closing at the end of 1943 ^[277]
Farmer in Walebing in 1949 ^[50]
Fuelman in Wongan Hills in 1954 ^[50]
Husband of Elsie Mary ^[19]
Father of Daphne and Peggy ^[277]

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