Lynch, Philip John (155)
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 22 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 22 February 1916 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 155 view online service record
Address:
4 Clay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
James Lynch (father)
4 Clay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 27 May 1916
Ship: HMAT Ascanius A11
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Thursday, 4 October 1917
Place: Belgium
Awards:
MM
Brother: David Lynch
Sergeant, 39 Infantry, killed in action 4 October, 1917, Belgium, aged 24, commemorated Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.
Parents: James and Martha LYNCH, born Port Melbourne. educated St Joseph’s RC School, Port Melbourne. Enlisted with parents at 4 Clay Street, circular returned from same address. Port Melbourne Standard, 10 November, 1917 suggests he was a prominent athlete and won several championships in AIF competitions. Younger brother, 1105, David Lynch enlisted from same address, returned wounded, August, 1917.
Additional research by Brian Membrey
1917 ‘ITEMS OF NEWS – Sergeant P J Lynch Killed’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 November, p. 4. , viewed 12 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369819
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Brian Membrey
LYNCH.—On the 4th October, killed in action in Flanders, Sergeant P. J. Lynch (Jack), M.M., after 18 months’ active service, son of James and the late Martha Lynch, and brother of Bob, Vera, Dave (returned wounded), Madge, Kitty, and Mattie, of 4 Clay street, Port Melbourne. R.I.P.