Place Names Register Extract
Philpott Street
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Philpott |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
24644 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
30 September 2014 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Muirhead |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named in commemoration of Private Beaumont Philpott, who moved to the Northern Territory and joined the Union Reefs Gold Mining Syndicate before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915, aged 25. Shortly after joining his Battalion, Private Philpott became ill and did not return to his Battalion until 10 January 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir. Private Philpott died of gas poisoning and shell wounds in the front line trenches at Messines on 17 June 1916, and was buried at Dranoutre Cemetery, France. Private Phillpott's name appears on the Darwin Cenotaph. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 30/09/2014 |
|
Date added to the Register |
| 15/10/2014 |
NTG G41 |
Date Gazetted |
| 08/07/2015 |
NTG G27 |
Extension - Date Gazetted |
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