"Oscar" Harold Oscar R. PHILLIPS

Born 1889 in Southampton, Hampshire, England ^{[20] [21]}
Son of hairdresser Robert Burfield PHILLIPS and Kate ROOTS ^{[20] [21]}
In 1891 was living with his parents and brother Norman in two rooms of a house at 65 Clifford Street in Saint Mary, Hampshire ^[20]
Ten years later, in 1901, was living with his parents and brothers Norman and Reginald at 3 High Street in Sandown, Hampshire ^[20]
After leaving school worked as a Clerk in England ^[70]
Served in the Armed Forces during the First World War ^[34]
Married Constance Annie TUMBER in 1915 in London, England ^[21]
Along with his wife and two children departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Zealandic in late 1920 ^[70]
They arrived on the steamship Zealandic in Fremantle, Western Australia on 15 January 1921 ^[70]
Farmhand for his brother-in-law Thomas JOHNSTON on Dunston Park Farm in Carnamah in 1921 and 1922 ^{[19] [50]}
Wrote to the Midland Railway Company on 27 July 1921 in regards to buying prospective farmland in Carnamah from the Company ^[34]
He and two other interested buyers were wanting to buy land from the Company, but could not afford the 5% deposit ^[34]
Farmer on Group Settlement 47 on the Peel Estate in Serpentine 1924-1928 ^{[6] [50]}
Father of Constance and Stanley ^[70]

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