Jack Phillips
Image: Roylyn Phillips
FatherJohn Phillips b. 25 Jul 1863, d. 6 Aug 1925
MotherEllen O'Loughlin b. 26 Mar 1869, d. 24 Jun 1951
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

John Marion Phillips was born on 2 February 1900 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.1,2 
He married Ruby Irene Williams, daughter of George Williams and Lynette Dick, on 9 April 1932 in East Melbourne, Victoria.3,2,4 
He died on 21 September 1979 in East Melbourne, Victoria, at age 79.5,6,7 

Family

Ruby Irene Williams b. 7 Nov 1904, d. 22 Jul 1966
Children
ChartsO'Loughlin, Michael, descendant chart
Phillips, James, descendant chart

Story

John Marion was born in Bacchus Marsh on 2 February 1900. He was the 5th child of Ellen and John. He was known as Jack.1
 
When John Phillips was to be baptised, the Irish priest said that just 'John' was not enough names; so he added the Marion. [Joy Prouse]8
 
When Jack was born, his father worked for the railways in Bacchus Marsh, and they lived in likely a railway house in Turner St.

All the children attended St Bernard's school or St Joseph's Convent school.9
 
In 1890 four sisters of the order of St Joseph's, arrived from Sydney to act as educators. A house was purchased for them to use as a convent and high class ladies' school. In time, a detached schoolhouse was erected at the site and it was then that the students were relocated for the last time to our current site in Gisborne Rd - St Bernard's School.

Our beautiful convent was erected in 1900 with classes being held in the downstairs area and the upper floor being used as convent and boarding school. The attached chapel was built in 1905.

St Bernard's was the first Catholic school to be run by the Sisters of St Joseph, founded by Saint Mary MacKillop. Mary would often visit the convent on her journeys between Sydney and Melbourne and past students fondly remembered her handing out boiled lollies to the children.10
 
In 1908, the family moved into the gatehouse on Vallence Rd.11,12
Railway gatehouse (Phillips family home), Vallence Rd, Bacchus Marsh
Image: Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
The gatehouse was next to the railway line on the north-east corner of the Vallence Rd crossing (this crossing was removed in 2004). It was a small four-roomed house, and the older boys slept in a tent in the back yard.

The children would play with any children nearby or who were known through school or St Bernard's church. There was a strong connection with all the Vallence families with a number living nearby including Nell, Eddie, Amy and Harry, who were just over the railway line. Lifelong friendships were known between the Phillips children and Vallences. And Mary married Bill Vallence.

The wide age range of the children, nineteen years to the day between the eldest and youngest, created an interesting household. Larry was working as a hairdresser before Eileen was born. He married when Eileen was just three, and made her Auntie Eileen at age four, before she started school.

During and following the First World War, the children gradually started leaving home.

Larry was first to leave the gatehouse, around 1914. About five years later he was followed by Tess and Tom. Last to leave home from the gatehouse was Mary in 1923.13,14,15
 
Sunnyside
When their father died in 1925, the children still at the gatehouse, Jack, Joe, Jim, Annie, Danny and Eilie, moved with their mother to a recently completed house on Vallence Rd. This house was on the north-facing side of a hill and they named it 'Sunnyside'. In later years, nephews and nieces all referred to it as 'the house on the hill'. It was a twin weatherboard house with a covering between the two sections.

It is possible Jack and Joe stayed in the gatehouse for a couple of years after the others left, as Jack is shown as still at the gatehouse in 1926 and 1927, and Joe was still in Bacchus Marsh.16,15,17,18,19,20,21,22
 
Bacchus Marsh Co-op
The first electoral roll in which Jack was eligble to appear was as a 21 year old in the 1921 roll. In that, his occupation is 'grocer', and he is a grocer in every available electoral roll that follows.23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33
 
In July 1918, the Bacchus Marsh Co-operative Store opened in Grant St and 18 year old Jack started working there. He left in January 1927 to help his brother Tom set up a billiard saloon in Shepparton, but returned to the store a year or two later. Jack's work was held in high regard by the directors and the other staff.

He later ran the store, and finally left in December 1949 after thirty years of service.34,35
 
Presentation evening
In recognition of the high esteem and appreciation held for their fellow employee, the personnel of the Bacchus Marsh Dairymen's Co-operative Association Ltd entertained Mr and Mrs Jack Phillips on Wednesday evening, December 7th, at the residence of Mrs GW McFarland, Lerderderg Street. Approximately 20 employees and friends attended and spent a most enjoyable evening of music and song. During the course of the evening Mr FW Baillie, on behalf of the employees, presented Jack with a travelling bag. In the course of his remarks he expressed regret at losing the valuable services of one who was the essence of loyalty and honesty and a most conscientious worker, who had served the Company for 30 years.36
 
In September 1922, Mary Phillips and Jack Phillips were witnesses to the marriage of their brother Tom.37
 
Doris 'Nene' McDonald, Tom & Irene 'Sis' Phillips (McDonald), Jack Phillips, Sep 1922
Image: Lesley Blythman
Car Collides with Grocery Cart
Horse killed - Driver injured

On Friday afternoon, of last weekend, at about 4.50 o'clock, the notoriously bad corner at the junction of Grant and Main streets, Bacchus Marsh, was the scene of another traffic smash, involving a car travelling west on the Highway (Main street) and a delivery cart emerging from the side street.

The car, which was a Bentley sports coupe, was driven by the owner, Mr Alan Blackwood Ritchie, of 'Blackwood' Station, Penshurst, who was travelling alone.

The cart was the property of the Bacchus Marsh Dairymen's Co-operative Association, and driven by Mr 'Jack' Phillips, of Bacchus Marsh, who had been out delivering groceries.

Travelling west up Main street, the car, which was on its correct side, struck the horse, which with the cart, was slowly crossing to make a correct right turn round the 'silent cop' to go east down Main street. The horse was lifted off its feet by the front dumb-irons of the car and from the top of the bonnet was, according to an eyewitness, literally thrown the five yards to the kerbing, where it died a few minutes later, badly smashed. Both shafts snapped off and the cart was slung round with the horse.

Mr Phillips, with the impact, was thrown out of the cart, head foremost, right over the car, behind which he landed on the hard bitumen road on his head. He got up and was assisted to the doctor's surgery nearby, later being admitted to 'Quamby' private hospital, suffering from concussion. Latest reports state that he is making good progress.

The car, which suffered considerable frontal damage, came to a stop 25 yards past the point of impact. The triplex safety glass in its windscreen was 'dented,' but achieved its purpose, and the occupant of the car was uninjured.

The local Police have the matter in hand, and await instructions from headquarters. The driver of the car will probably be charged with negligent driving, on account of the excessive speed at which it is alleged his car was travelling. There were several eyewitnesses.

The BMD Co-operative Company estimate the value of the horse and the damage done to the cart at £30.
________

Accidents seem to 'run' in some families. It is a coincidence that Mr 'Joe' Phillips (a brother of the one injured in the above episode) was a participant in a recent motor accident at Shepparton, where he is in business. Whilst travelling in a motor there, 'something happened' and the car overturned three times, with the result that Mr Phillips had his arm broken, which he is still carrying in a sling. [Feb 1930]38
 
Marriage and Family
Ruby Irene Williams and John Marion Phillips were married in East Melbourne on 9 April 1932. They had two children.18,3,39
Jack & Ruby Phillips (Williams), Apr 1932
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Tom Phillips, Dot Williams (cousin of Ruby), Jack (John Marion) & Ruby (Williams) Phillips, unknown, Apr 1932
Image: Beth Phillips
When Jack and Ruby married they lived in Lerderderg St where they raised their two girls, Roylyn and Joy. The house was owned by Jack's mother Ellen, though she wasn't living there.18,39,2
Jack Phillips, Joy Prouse (Phillips), Ruby Phillips (Williams) 1965
Image: Eileen Redden
The Great Bacchus Marsh House Swap
In January 1931, Ellen bought a house at 43 Lerderderg St. This house was close to St Bernard's church.

After Bill Vallence died in Caulfield, Mary moved back to Bacchus Marsh and in April 1934 bought the house at 16 Millbank St. Ellen then moved in with Mary. Ellen's son Jack and his family (Ruby, Joy and Roylyn) were renting Ellen's Lerderderg St house.

Ellen got less mobile, and in May 1946, Jack bought the Millbank St house from Mary and moved in, with Mary and Ellen moving back to the Lerderderg St house. This made it easier for Ellen to get to church.18,39,40,41,42
Phillips Lerderderg St former home, Bacchus Marsh, Nov 2013
Roylyn & Ruby Phillips (Williams), Lerderderg St, Bacchus Marsh
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Phillips Millbank St former home, Bacchus Marsh, Nov 2013
Mary Vallence (Phillips), Tom Redden, Eileen Redden (Phillips), Bub Phillips, Ellen Phillips (O'Loughlin), John Redden, Danny Phillips (seated), 16 Millbank St, Bacchus Marsh c. 1937
Image: Eileen Redden
Billiard Brothers
Brothers Tom, Jack, Joe and Danny all had some involvement in billiard saloons in Shepparton.
 
Tom had established a four-table billiard saloon in High St, later expanded to six tables, and had been running it for four years.43,44
 
By early December 1926, Tom had decided to establish a second billiard saloon with the help of his brothers.43
 
The second billiard saloon was also in High St, further west at no. 41 [later Cellar 47 in renumbered High St].

In January 1927, Jack quit his job in Bacchus Marsh and headed to Shepparton:
Mr 'Jack' Phillips, who has been a member of the Bacchus Marsh Co-operative Store staff since its foundation (eight years ago last July) left there last week-end, with the object of entering business with his brother at Shepparton.

Danny, only 18 or 19 at the time, also left Bacchus Marsh for Shepparton.

Tom described the working arrangements:
Then Roy McPherson built The News; underground, where Cellar 47 is now - a real old gentleman, Roy.

He was going to put his staff in there I think, but for some reason he agreed to lease it to me.

We put in another four tables and a hair dressing salon, my brother Jack and I running it with Tommy McAuliffe working for me and Danny (who runs a salon in Tatura now) in the hair dressers.

In 1928, Jack returned to Bacchus Marsh to be replaced by Joe, who had been working in Bacchus Marsh as a billiard marker for the previous three or four years.35,43,44,45,21,22,46
 
During the war, Darley Military Camp, 8 km from Bacchus Marsh, hosted Australian and US servicemen. Jack and Ruby got quite friendly with US serviceman, Ralph Crozier. Ruby likely corresponded with his fiancee in the US.2
 
Americans Told About Us
From an American pen-friend, Mrs Jack Phillips, of Bacchus Marsh, has received a copy of the 'Maiden Evening News,' a Massachusetts journal, which publishes a personal letter from Mrs Phillips under the heading: 'Australia Greets Yankees With Open Arms.' In addition to the letter the paper quotes extracts from 'The Express,' to illustrate Bacchus Marsh hospitality. [Jul 1942]47
 
Sightseeing in 1940
Around 1940, Jack and Ruby were on a sightseeing trip with Tom, Sis and youngest son Brian. This was around the time Sis had her lung operation. Photos show they went in Tom's Studebaker and visited a koala park, but details of the trip are unknown.
Ruby Irene Phillips with koala, c. 1940
Image: Rene Barnes
Sis (Irene), Brian & Jack (John Marion) Phillips, c. 1940
Image: Rene Barnes
Sis Phillips (McDonald), c. 1940
Image: Rene Barnes
Brian and Sis (Irene) Phillips
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Tom Phillips and his 1938 Studebaker 'President' convertible, c. 1940
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Don and Brian were once both boarding at St Patrick's College in Ballarat. It was near enough to Bacchus Marsh to visit their Uncle Jack and Auntie Ruby. [c. 1948]
Don, Ruby (Williams) & Brian Phillips
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Gift Shop
In March 1950, three months after leaving the co-op, Jack took over a gift shop in Main St.48
 
The 'Jasmine' Gift Shop
Opening Next Tuesday, 14th March
I wish to announce having taken over the Gift Shop in Main Street, Bacchus Marsh, previously conducted by Nancy Baillie, and cordially invite inspection of the exceptional values now on display.
Jack Phillips.48
 
He soon offered a jewellery service at the gift shop. By early 1951, he was offering ladies' and gents' watches, and by July, clocks.49,48,50,51,52
Jul 1951
Image: Express, Melton, newspaper
As a result of his considerable time at the co-op and gift shop, Jack was very well known in the community.49
 
SP Bookie
Five of the six Phillips boys were starting price (SP) bookmakers and Jack was one of them.34
 
SP Bookmakers: Until 1931, when a small on-course tote was introduced, betting with a bookmaker on-course was the only legal form of gambling in Victoria. However with the availability of radio and telephone, SP bookies set up in pubs and laneways so people could place a bet without going to the racecourse. The activity was generally illegal, though a lot of blind eyes were turned. The introduction of the TAB (Totalisator Agency Board) in 1961, gradually decreased the attractiveness of the SP bookie.53
 
In 1948 Laurie, Sis and Ruby Phillips went on holiday to Lakes Entrance. It is more likely that Jack rather than brother Tom took the photo.
Laurie & Irene 'Sis' Phillips (McDonald) and Ruby Phillips (Williams), 'On beach at Lakes Entrance, February 1948'
Image: Laurie & Lorraine Phillips
One day at Bacchus Marsh, Jim tried on Jack's coat. When he put his hand in the pocket he pulled out a wad of notes that you couldn't even get your hand around. [Bev Scott]34
Jim & Jack Phillips
Image: Roylyn Phillips
On another occasion at Jack & Ruby's house in Bacchus Marsh, a man arrived at the door and said that he wanted to borrow Jack's gun, and that Jack said it was alright. Ruby went and got the gun and gave it to him. When Jack arrived home, there was panic. Unfortunately, Ruby provided the wrong gun - the barrel was stuffed full of neat rolls of SP bookie money. [Bev Scott]34
 
Jack Pittson: Author Frank Hardy drew ideas from the people around him in his collection of interrelated short stories Legends from Benson's Valley (1963). He would never use the original names, but they might be similar. In the story based on the gambling habits of his father and all the other petty gamblers of Bacchus Marsh, our Jack Phillips became Jack Pittson. Both were SP bookies and both spoke with a lisp. Frank Hardy lived across the road from Jack in Lerderderg St, and his father would have threepence or sixpence each way with Jack.54
 
Ruby's Death 
Ruby Irene Phillips died at Hood St in Strathmore on 22 July 1966, aged 61. She was buried at Maddingley cemetery in Bacchus Marsh.55,5,56,57,58
 
Mrs Jack Phillips
The sudden death last weekend of Mrs Jack Phillips of Bacchus Marsh while visiting her daughter and new grandson at Strathmore was a severe shock to all. Deceased had courageously coped with a health setback for several years. She had a very wide circle of friends, prominent among them being members of Bacchus Marsh Ladies Bowling Club and the Hospital Ladies' Auxilliary, having served as president of both. She was also a member of the CWA. She was a qualified chiropractor. She leaves a husband and two daughters to mourn her passing.58
 
Last Phillips in The Marsh
By the late 1930s, Jack's brothers and sisters had left Bacchus Marsh to marry and start families of their own (Mary moved away but later returned).

By the mid-1950s, his mother had died and his two daughters had moved to Melbourne.

In 1966, Ruby died, and when Mary died in 1972, it left Jack as the only member of the Phillips family living in Bacchus Marsh.

When he died, there were no notices from family in the local newspaper, only from friends.5,7
 
Shepparton Connection
Despite spending most of his life in Bacchus Marsh, Jack had a significant connection with the Shepparton area. Ruby was born there and likely still had friends or family there.5
 
As well as working for a time with his brother Tom, he was also Tom's best man. In 1972, he joined with the rest of the original 1922 bridal party to help Tom & Sis celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Jack also appears in other family photos with Sis and the children.59
Sis & Tom Phillips (50th wedding anniversary), Nene Courtie, Jack Phillips, Ellen Barnes (front), 1972
Image: Lesley Blythman
Sis (Irene), Brian & Jack (John Marion) Phillips, c. 1940
Image: Rene Barnes
Jack was a keen Carlton football club supporter. Growing up in Bacchus Marsh, he was also friends with Carlton great Harry 'Soapy' Vallence. At Jack's funeral, Soapy left singing the Carlton theme song.60
 
My recollection of Jack's funeral is that Laurie [nephew Laurie Phillips] started singing 'Happy birthday' because it was mum's [sister Annie Phillips] birthday on the day. [Pat Brown]61
 
John Marion Phillips died in East Melbourne on 21 September 1979, aged 79. He was buried at Maddingley cemetery in Bacchus Marsh on 25 September with wife Ruby.7,6,5,62,61,63
Maddingley cemetery
Image: BillionGraves

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Jno Marion' Phillips entry, birth registration no. 307, 1900.
  2. [S44] Roylyn Phillips, personal communication, 28 September 2020.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Jno Marion Phillips' and 'Ruby Irene Williams' entry, marriage registration no. 4068, 1932.
  4. [S581] John Marion Phillips and Ruby Irene Williams, marriage registration no. 4068, 9 April 1932.
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  13. [S318] Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society, personal communication, 8 November 2013.
  14. [S38] Lynette Dow, personal communication, 18 December 1996.
  15. [S331] Joan McClure, personal communication, 11 December 2013.
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  61. [S278] Pat Brown, personal communication, 13 February 2020.
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