Charles Benjamin MILLS

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MILLS, Charles Benjamin

Service Numbers:	412, 104
Enlisted:	11 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Mobile Veterinary Section
Born:	Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 1877
Home Town:	Ormeau, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 412, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 412, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 412, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 104, 1st Veterinary Section
16 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section
24 Aug 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 104, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section , Embarked from England aboard HT 'Medic' for return to Australia.
30 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 104, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 104, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

He served in both the South African (Boer) war and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 412, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer war. Second service was as a Private S.N. 104, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section AIF, WW1.

When Charles Benjamin Mills enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother W. Mills, Ormeau, South Coast Line, Queensland.

He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 11 Jan 1918, it was noted that; he was born at Beenleigh, Qld, and was 37 years of age; he was single and a farmer; his N.O.K. was his brother William Mills, Ormeau, Qld; and he had previosuly served in South Africa with the Qld Imperial Bushmen.

Charles Benjamin Mills was born on 3 Feb 1877 at Beenleigh, Qld, a son to Daniel Mills and Anna Maria Mills (nee Warr).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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