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Life Summary

Name	Sir Philip David Phillips
Born	22 March, 1897 Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	19 September, 1970 (aged 73) Eltham, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Phillips, Leonore Rennick (wife) Phillips, Olive Catherine (wife) Corbett, Patricia Lukin (daughter) Phillips, Jennifer (daughter) Corbett, David Charles (son-in-law) Phillips, Adele Ellice (sister) Phillips, Mary (sister-in-law) Ellis, Baby (aunt) Ellis, Cecilia (aunt) Phillips, Caroline (aunt) Phillips, Rosetta Phoebe (aunt) Levy, Rebecca Charlotte (aunt) Wray, Elinor (aunt) Ellis, Caroline Phillipa (aunt) Jacobs, Adele (aunt) Ellis, Rosetta Lydia (aunt) East, Deborah (aunt) Ellis, Maurice Elias (uncle) Ellis, Louis Mondle (uncle) Ellis, David Solomon (uncle) Ellis, Mondle Samuel (uncle) Ellis, Solomon Asher (uncle) Phillips, Arthur Henry (uncle) Ellis, Frank Samuel (uncle) Ellis, Victor Bernard (uncle) Ellis, Arthur Abraham (uncle) Phillips, Annie (aunt by marriage) Levy, Walter Horace (uncle by marriage) Jacobs, George Augustus (uncle by marriage) Phillips, Rosetta (grandmother) Asher, Rebecca (cousin) Wray, Herbert Angell (cousin) Hirst, Hannah Rebecca (cousin) Ellis, John Angel (cousin) Rankin, Eleanor Hannah (cousin) Ellis, Mary Hannah (cousin) Ellis, Henry P. (cousin) Ellis, Robert Arthur (cousin)
Education *	Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1910-1915) University of Melbourne (student, 1916-1921)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1916-1919) Federal, Australia barrister (1923-1958) Victoria, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1950-1970) Victoria, Australia academic (1958-1970) Victoria, Australia legal scholar (1958-1970) Victoria, Australia public service head (1960-1966) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) 8th Field Artillery Brigade (soldier, 1916-1917) 3rd Divisional Signal Company (soldier, 1917)
Awards	Military Medal (recipient, 1918) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1964) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1967)
Key Organisations *	Age (Melbourne) newspaper (commentator, ?-1970) Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria (member) Argus (Melbourne) newspaper (commentator, ?-1970) Australian Institute of International Affairs (national) (member) Economic Society of Australia (Vic) (member) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (commentator, ?-1970) Institute of Public Administration Australia (member) League of Nations Union (Vic) (member) Medico-Legal Society of Tasmania (member) Royal Victorian Bowls Association (president) Victorian Bar (member, 1922) Victorian Transport Regulation Board (chair, 1934-1937) Austral-Asiatic Bulletin (Editorial Board member, 1941-1946) Commonwealth Grants Commission (chair, 1960-1966)
Workplaces *	Selborne Chambers (Melbourne) (barrister, ?-1958) South Melbourne Council (Vic) (councillor, 1946-1952) University of Melbourne (law) (academic, 1958-1970)

* Dates are approximate