MILLICH, Cosmo Thomas
| Service Number: | 3118 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Derby, Tasmania, Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | GSW face and left leg, Fromelles 15/7/1916, 10th Australian Hospital, St Omer, France, 23 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot IV, Row A, Grave 14, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3118, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3118, 8th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Adelaide | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Lynnette Rhodes
Pte Thomas Como MILLICH
Cos died WW1 he was my nan Glady Millhouse nee Murphy's Aunts son. Cosmos was shot in the face dear boy. Aunty Emily Millich nee Murphy her father Patrick Murphy was a convict from Tipperary...…. By 1920's all Aunt Emily's sons and a daughter had died...…..Poor Cosmos his life was just starting ….We are related to Kate Cerbrano the singer. Patrick Murphy's wife Emily Bates mother was Mary Christison also a convict. She was from Scotland. Emily Bates sister married Thomas Joyce Kate Cerbrano comes from that line on her mothers side...….
Evan Evans
Wounded after transfer to 58th Bn 15/3/1916, GSW to face and left leg. Given that the Battle of Fromelles did not start till 19/7/1916, Pte Millich must have been wounded in the preparations or on patrol.
Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station 15/7/1916
Died 10th Australian Hospital, St Omer, 23/7/1916
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