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Birth
Certificate from Somerset House lists Philips date of birth as 1906, however, the Free Birth, Marriage and Death Index has his birth listed as 1907 (click on the thumbnail picture below).
At the age of 16, Philip
was employed as a saloon boy by the Union-Castle Mail & Steamship
Co. in England, traveling to all Ports of call in South and East
Africa.
In
1924, Philip left England and emigrated to Canada, landing at Quebec,
on his way to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he met his brothers 'Joe'
Walter Joseph and 'Alec' Alexander James, who had arrived previously.
In
Winnipeg, he was employed by the C.N.R. in the Sleeping and Dining
Car Dept. In the fall of the same year, he joined the rest of the
family who had come to Canada in midsummer and had settled in London,
Ontario.
While
in London, Philip was employed by the Metropolitan Stores and in
1932 he was transferred to Montreal, Quebec as their Warehouse Manager.
On
June 22, 1935, he married Anita Otis, at the Tres Saint Redempteur
parish in Montreal.
In
1947, he joined Trans-Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) as Purser
and later, Check Steward.
In
1953, he was transferred to Moncton, New Brunswick, as Steward in
Charge.
In
1955, Philip was sent back to Montreal as Supervisor, where he remained
until his retirement in 1967.
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