MILFORD, George Scott
| Service Number: | 1970 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915, 4mths in Newcastle Milita |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1880 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | shunter |
| Died: | Wangi, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1946, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-18. 109. |
| Memorials: | Tighe's Hill Public School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 18th Infantry Battalion, 4mths in Newcastle Milita | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1970, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1970, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 18th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
75 years ago today, on the Saturday morning of the 29th June 1946, Private George Scott Milford, 18th Battalion (Reg No-1970), shunter and hairdresser from 213 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 243 Hunter Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. and Mayfield, N.S.W. and Wangi, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. ANGLICAN 1-18. 109.
Born at Armidale, New South Wales on the 11th December 1880 to George Francis and Annie Milford; husband of Elsie May Milford nee Linton (married 1918, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1947, sleeping same location), George enlisted June 1915 as a widower (married Annie Milford nee Helyard 1903, Newcastle, N.S.W. died 1912, sleeping same location), father of two, (Edward and Jean), at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 6.2.1916 (septic mouth), 20.5.1916 (double-headed pterygia), 24.11.1916 (myalgia), George returned home July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (chronic rheumatism) on the 1st August 1917.
Mr. Milford’s name has been inscribed on the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies on George’s headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Service record states Died War Service 28.6.1948.
Younger brother Henry (Harry) E (3rd Battalion, Reg No-4528, DOW 27.7.1916) memorialised at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-44. 26.
Lest We Forget.
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