Albert Edward (Bert) MILLS

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MILLS, Albert Edward

Service Number:	6541
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Finniss Point, South Australia, 18 January 1883
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Clinton Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6541, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
6 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6541, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6541 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-06

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John MILLS and Elizabeth nee SAWLEY

Husband of V M MILLS, Torrens Street, Hindmarsh, SA

THE LATE PRIVATE A. E. MILLS.
Mrs. V. Mills, of Torrens-street, Hindmarsh, has been notified that her husband, Private A. E. (Bert) Mills, 10th Battalion, was killed in action in France on May 6. Private Mills enlisted on May 22, 1916, and sailed from South Australia on October 23. He left England for France in April last. Mrs. Mills also has a brother, brother-in-law, and several cousins fighting in France.

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