MILLGATE, John
| Service Number: | 292 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Wichling, near Lenham, Kent, England., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel reference 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 292, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 292, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 292, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 11 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Crump was the alias name under which he served-the true family name was Millgate.
Lance Corporal Service Number 292, 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery.
Born Wichling (Near Lenham in Kent).
[Births Mar 1889 Millgate John Hollingbourn 2a 758
The registration district of Hollingbourn covers the parish of Wichling.]
He was 28 and the son of John C. and Susanna Millgate.
In Kent, he is commemorated on the Lenham war memorial. The Lenham village tribute is in the form of a large block of granite at the side of the parish church in Lenham. There are also 2 plaques inside the church itself containing the same names that appear on the tribute outside. There is also a John Millgate commemorated on the war memorial in Charing Heath (Holy Trinity) Church. But this could refer to Private John Edwin Millgate, Service Number 631492. 20th Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment who died Sunday 1st October 1916 age 22 years.