MILLIGAN, Francis Frank
| Service Number: | 1736 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 22 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Barellan, Narrandera, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Narrandera WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1736, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1736, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1736, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1736 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Francis Frank Milligan was the third son of James Milligan of Garfield, Gippsland, Victoria to die during WW1. His older brother, 4547 Pte William Henry Milligan 60th Battalion was killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916. A much younger brother, 5376 Pte Joseph Lewellen Milligan, 21st Battalion AIF, was killed in action, 23 February 1917, aged 19. A third brother also served 6015 Sapper John Milligan 1st Tunnelling Company, and returned to Australia in 1918.
Francis enlisted at Cootamundra in 1916 and was living at Barellan in New South Wales at the time. He was killed in action near Polygon Wood, several witnesses state that he was wounded first and later killed by shellfire as he was sheltering in a hole or being carried back to a dressing station. He gave his mother living at Garfield as his next of kin, and his medals were forwarded to his father at the same address.