Hessel Sydney MILLS

MILLS, Hessel Sydney

    Service Number: 1995
    Enlisted: 16 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Five Dock, Canada Bay, New South Wales
    Schooling: Waverley Public School, New South Wales; Drummoyne Technical High School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Military Cadet
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1995, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    13 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1995, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1995, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
    16 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1995, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1995 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Walter W. and Emily R. Mills of 'Kareela', Riverview Street, Chiswick, NSW. Brother of Clarence Frank Mills MC, Edgar W. Mills, Richard E. Mills and Beryl Emily R. Dyer nee Mills

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Previously served with the senior cadet for 2 years and a further 12 months at the Duntroon Military College

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