Early Life
Phot was born in Phra Nakhon province (present-day Bangkok) to a Teochew Chinese father; Colonel Kim Phahonyothin (กิ่ม พหลโยธิน) and a Thai mother; Chab Phahonyothin (จับ พหลโยธิน),
After attending the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, in 1903 he was sent by Royal scholarship to study at the Prussian Military Academy or (Hauptkadettenanstalt) in the town of Lichterfelde, near Berlin, Germany, where he was apparently a classmate of Hermann Göring. He was then sent to study at the Engineering College of Copenhagen in Denmark, he was however only able to complete one year as his scholarship funds had run out, he returned to Siam in 1912. In 1931 he was elevated to the rank of Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena by King Prajadhipok (or Rama VII) and received the rank of Colonel. In 1932 he became Inspector of the Royal Siamese Army.
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