Francis Macfarlane Phillips (1911 - 1988)

Born 15 May 1911 in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Jean Mary (Medley) Phillips — married 4 Feb 1939 in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Died 3 Dec 1988 at age 77 in his residence, 15 Phillip Street, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Biography

Bank Officer, Secretary of the Rotorua RSA after retirement; golfer, bowler and poet, of Rotorua, New Zealand.

Background

Francis Macfarlane Phillips was born on 15 May 1911.

Marriage and family

On 4 February 1939 he married Jean Mary Medley, younger daughter of John Spencer Selwyn Medley and Ruth Mabel Webster, with issue three children.

World War II

He served during World War II, Corporal, Service No 463182, New Zealand Military Infantry Brigade, Second Expeditionary Force. His address prior to enlistment was 1 Belvedere Rd, Wellington; his next of kin on embarkation was his wife, Mrs J M Phillips, c/o Mrs J S S Medley, 23 Wallace Place, New Plymouth.

Death and burial

He died at 5pm on 3 December 1988 at his residence in Rotorua, "peacefully in his chair watching television". His widow survived him by 20 years and died in 2011 in her 97th year.

Legacy

They had nine grandchildren.

Sources

'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and Genealogical Notebooks, compiled by (his great-grandson) Cranleigh Harper Barton BEM, which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest, Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand (1975).

Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/159086.

Birth reg 1911/13085; marriage 1939/689; death 1988/53190, NZBDM: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=querySubmit.m%3fReportName%3dMarriageSearch%26recordsPP%3d30#SearchResults.