MILLS, Jack
| Service Number: | 5850 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5850, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5850, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Pollock
5850 Private Jack MILLS enlisted at Melbourne on the 14th of August 1916. A 27-year-old clerk from South Yarra, he was initially assigned the regimental number 5850 and was posted as a Private with the 23rd Battalion A.I.F.
Sent overseas with the 16th Reinforcements of the 23rd Battalion, PTE MILLS departed Melbourne aboard the H.M.A.T. Nestor in early October 1916, arriving in England on 16 November 1916.
PTE MILLS would later be transferred to the 2nd Auxiliary Hospital in Southall. He was discharged from hospital on 9 December 1916.
PTE MILLS was sent to France on 14 February 1917, being taken on strength with the 23rd Battalion on 13 March 1917. This was cut short however, and a few days later on 7 March 1917 he was admitted to hospital with an unknown illness. He was later transferred to the Divisional Rest Station suffering from debility.
PTE MILLS recovered sufficiently and rejoined his unit on 30 March 1917. He would continue to serve in France until he went AWL from mid-April to November 1917. Apprehended in November, he would be held in England until his return to France on 3 October 1918.
Rejoining the 23rd Battalion on 9 October 1918, PTE MILLS would again be hospitalised a short time on 19 October 1918, suffering from influenza. He would be transferred to the 3rd Australian General Hospital and later the Australian Convalescent Depot in Havre. PTE MILLS was discharged from hospital on 5 December 1918.
On 30 December 1918, PTE MILLS was a defendant in a court-martial, where he was found guilty, and awarded 90 days field punishment
PTE MILLS returned to Australia on 24 July 1919, and discharged in consequence of the termination of his period of enlistment on the 11 November 1919.
Jack MILLS would be hospitalised at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg until his death on 20 September 1921 of pulmonary tuberculosis.
The burial of Jack MILLS took place within Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria on the 24th of September 1921. Grave Plot location: Church of England Section 49, Grave 30.
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Service History – Compiled by Daniel Jones [email protected]