MILNER, George
| Service Number: | 354 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mornington Mills, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Nottinghamshire State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, 7 September 1919, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Anglican Area MON AA Gravesite 1638 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 354, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 354, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandria | |
| 10 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Returned to Alexandria vis Mudros (Greece) following evacuation from Gallipoli. | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Embarked for France | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Treatment for Shell Shock | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Hospitalised - Influenza | |
| 13 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined unit in France | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australian 7/4/19. Received service medals: 1914-1915 Star;British War Medal; Victory Medal |
George Milner Family History
When George Abraham Milner was born in 1894 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, his father, Henry, was 27 and his mother, Ann, was 25. He had three brothers, Henry {my Granddad}, Walter, Ernest and three sisters Jane, Margaret and Kate. He died on 7 September 1919 at the age of 25, and was buried in a Commonwealth Grave in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Ernest, Margaret, Kate and himself were placed into the Workhouse in Worksop and Sheffield at different times. Margaret at the approximate age of 11 was sent to Canada where she lived till her death in 1933 approximately 36. Ernest was adopted from the Workhouse at the approximate age of 11, he also served in the military, and we believe Kate sadly died whilst in the Workhouse as a baby.
George was in D Company Chatsworth Rifles/Sherwood Foresters prior to going to Australia and serving with the 28 Battalion Australian Imperial Military Force and 16 SER Australian Commonwealth Military Force. He served in France and Gallipoli. He had three medals awarded to him. The Star nos:45935, British War Medal nos: 3365? and the Victory Medal nos: 3861 or 3361 {difficult to read the exact dates. He suffered shell shock a couple of times.
Submitted 25 January 2024 by Mary Blake nee Milner
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