Gordon Wallace Markham MILLS

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MILLS, Gordon Wallace Markham

Service Number:	2654
Enlisted:	5 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burwood, New South Wales, 1887
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bowral Public School
Occupation:	Agent
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 6 July 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Blacktown War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2654, Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
6 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-07-06

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gordon Wallace Markham MILLS was born in 1887 in Burwood, Sydney, NSW

His parents were Herbert Markham MILLS and Mary HARRIS who married in St Lukes Church in Burwood, NSW on 3rd February, 1886

Two of his brothers also served in WW1

1. Frederick Charles Markham MILLS (SN1532) who died from Influenza in France on 18th December, 1918

2. Standish Wentworth Markham MILLS (SN27243) who returned to Australia and died in 1971

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