First Lieutenant Donald W. Philbrick Uniform Group from
167th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, C Company
Above Left: Donald Ward Philbrick was born in Skowhegan, Somerset County 16 March 1896 and later became a resident of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. He volunteered into the Alabama National Guard's 4th Infantry Regiment which later converted to the 167th Infantry. This regiment served under Douglas MacArthur's 84th Brigade, 42nd Division in WW1. During the occupation of Germany he served in the General Headquarters (G.H.Q). After the war, he gained his law degree from Harvard and was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives from 1935-1940 and was the Speaker of the House in 1939-1940. Donald Philbrick was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Maine 1944 and in 1952 he was an alternate. In WW2, served as a Maine National Guard Colonel. He was a member of the Congregationalist Church, the Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. He is buried in Skowhegan, Maine
Above Right and Below: 1LT Donald W. Philbrick's uniform from WW1
Above: Tunic outfitted with a sam brown belt worn by 1LT Donald W. Philbrick in WW1. His US Great War Victory Medal has five campaign stars, he wears three overseas chevrons on the lower left side along with a red discharge chevron. The insignia on his collar includes Infantry cross rifles with 167th Infantry Regiment numbers. On this tunic he wears the General Headquarters (G.H.Q.) patch from his service after the Armistice. Considering that divisional patches did not see regular use until very late war, he may never have worn the Rainbow Division patch
Above and Below: Close view of the US and 167th Infantry cross rifles insignia, 1st Lieutenant silver bar, G.H.Q. patch and a US WW1 Victory Medal with five campaign stars
Below: Detail of the 167th Infantry insignia
Below: Detail of the three gold overseas chevrons and officer cuff band
Below: Pants from the 1LT Donald W. Philbrick uniform group
Below: A comparison photograph of the uniform worn by 1LT Neubegin (left) and the uniform from 1LT Philbrick, both from 167th Infantry, Alabama National Guard. Notice too that 1LT Philbrick was quite a tall fellow
Below: Canteen and Mills belt from 1LT Philbrick. The canteen cover is well marked C. 167 INF US
Below: Detail of 1LT Philbrick’s canteen marked CO C 167 INF No
Above and Below: Detail of the canteen cup marked C CO. 167 INF
Below: Donald Philbrick’s American Legion armband from Portland, Maine’s Harld T. Andrews Post, No 7. Donald Philbrick was a member of many clubs and fraternities
Below: The transport record for 167th Infantry onboard the S.S. Lapland to France, November 19th, 1917. Notice 2nd Lt Donald W. Philbrick’s name 12th from the bottom
Below: The July 5, 1919 transport record for Brest Casual Company No. 8. 1LT Donald W. Philbrick is listed as G2 (Intelligence Section) HHQ (Headquarters, Headquarters Company) Corps. Notice that Philbrick’s name is marked with Detached at Brest. I think this means he was off loaded at Breast France and the ship continued on to Hoboken, NJ. USA with the remaining passengers
Below: Finial transport record for 1LT Philbrick to the USA. He is listed as Intelligence Company, G-2 eighth from the bottom
Below: A fantastic article on Donald W. Philbrick written by Ania Johnson and carried online by the BHS Library, Brunswick School Department
Below: World War Two Era records showing Colonel Donald W. Philbrick serving as the Aide De Camp to the Maine National Guard Commander in Chief
Maine Biographies Donald Ward Philbrick----Among the younger members of the legal profession in Portland is Donald Ward Philbrick, who is a partner in the well-known legal firm of Verrill, Hale, Booth, & Ives, with offices located at 57 Exchange Street, Portland. Mr. Philbrick is a Bowden man, and received his professional training in Harvard. He is also a veteran of the Would War, and was in active service overseas. |
Below: Donald Ward Philbrick’s grave, marked March 16. 1896 September 1. 1984 in Skowhegan, Maine
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