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MILLS, Albert James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1015 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hillgrove, NSW, 10 April 1890 |
Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Singleton Public School |
Occupation: | Hairdresser |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 May 1915, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC III E I, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton Public School HR, Singleton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
18 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
PRIVATE MILLS.
SINGLETON, Wednesday.
Private Albert Mills, who was killed at the Dardanelles, was a native of Hillgrove. He was 24 years of age, and was reared here, where he was educated. He afterwards followed the occupation of a hairdresser. He was a man of splendid physique, 6ft 1in, and weighed between 14 and 15 stone.