MILLERSHIP, John
| Service Number: | 5855 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, 29 March 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Depot Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5855, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5855, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
John MILLERSHIP (Service Number 5855) was born on 29th March 1886 in Yorkshire, England. He commenced his career in the Railways on 29th September 1912 as a labourer in the Locomotive Branch at Lismore. He was still in this position when he was granted leave to join the AIF on 20th May 1916. He was 30-years-old when he enlisted.
He embarked from Sydney on 7th October 1916 on HMAT A40 ‘Ceramic’, and he disembarked at Plymouth (England) on 21st November 1916. On 23rd December 1916, he proceeded overseas to France and marched into Etaples on 29th December. He was taken on the strength of the 19th Battalion in February.
After just three months in the field, he was reported missing in action on 3rd May 1917.
Later, it was reported that he died on this day, at Bullecourt. One account of his death states that he was:
‘killed instantly… he was hit with a machine gun bullet’.
He is commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Following his death, his wife was sent his war medals. He received the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.