MILLS, Stanley Roland
| Service Number: | 195 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 1979, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | The Shrine |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Signal Company Engineers, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide | |
| 3 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 195, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 195, 1st Divisional Signal Company, "The Last Hundred Days" |
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"Lance Corporal Stanley 'Roley' Mills joined up early at the age of 18. He was on Gallipoli as a signaller, and saw extensive service on the Western Front. He was seriously gassed at Passchendaele in 1917. In letters to his mother, he expressed a longing for home, but it was not until March 1919 that he finally sailed from England. His technical drawing set (on display at the AWM) was a part of his re-training for civilian life. In 1922 he completed a Department of Repatriation Vocational Traing course in carpentry..." - (from an Australian War Memorial static display)
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