MILLS, Ernest Neale
| Service Number: | 454 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hobart, Tas., 1895 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Body Builder |
| Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, 13 May 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania UMET BB 56 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454 | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 454, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 454, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
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OBITUARY
MR. E. N. MILLS
AN ORIGINAL ANZAC.
The late Mr. Ernest Neale Mills, who died at the Hobart Public Hospital on Wednesday, was an original Anzac. He enlisted with the 3rd Light Horse in August,'1914, and sailed on the Geelong. He served for a little over two years on Gallipoli and in Palestine, and
was then invalided home. Mr. Mills re-enlisted as a munition worker in 1917, and went to England, where he worked until the armistice. He had been an inmate of the Hobart Public Hospital intermittently for nearly 12 months, and throughout his Illness maintained a spirit of cheerful optimism.
The funeral will take place at Cornelian Bay Cemetery at 9.20 a.m. to
morrow.
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