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MILLS, Cyril Martin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8206 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 9 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 7 July 1986, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, Rose Garden, B40, 2 |
| Memorials: | Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8206, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 8206, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 8206, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 12 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8206, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Mar 1920: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, For conspicuous good work. In particular, he displayed great gallantry under fire in leading his subsection at Villeret on 29 September, and in the advance to Nauroy on the 30 September, and during the advance of his battery under heavy fire on 17 October, at Saint Sopuplet. |
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