Roy Alexander MCMILLAN

MCMILLAN, Roy Alexander

Service Number: 1184
Enlisted: 25 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Eugowra, Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Eugowra, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling: Trujere Public School,New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 May 1915
Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
Plot 1, Row E, Grave 1 Commemorated in the Eugowra Cemetery, NSW, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Of 'Rosebank' Eugowra, one of the three McMillans from that family who lost their lives in the Great War

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Archibald and Mary Elizabeth McMillan of 'Rosebank', Eugowra, NSW formerly of Bridge Street, Cessnock, NSW.

Brother of Robert Bruce McMillan who was killed in action on 5 October 1917 while serving with the 18th Battalion and was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XX111, Row E, Grave 3; Vivian Ernest McMillan who was killed in action on 5 June 1916 while serving with the 18th Battalion and is buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Plot 1V, Row C, Grave 14 and A. Gordon McMillan of 'Rosebank', Eugowra, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He was a member of the Eugowra Rifle Club

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