Anthony Roy MILLS

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MILLS, Anthony Roy

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 15 March 1892
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Shipping Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 17 November 1943, aged 51 years
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section B3, 193
Memorials:	Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association

World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
25 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
27 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW left shoulder
2 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW right hand
30 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Michael Silver

The Launceston Examiner reported on 18 November 1943 the death occurred at the Launceston General Hospital the previous day of Mr. Anthony Roy Mills, formerly a well-known Tasmanian amateur athlete. He was an outstanding runner, particularly over half a mile, at one time was Tasmanian schools' swimming champion, and was also a keen lacrosse player.

Mr. Mills, who was 51 years old, served in the 40th Battalion in the Great War, and subsequently married a returned nurse, Miss Margaret Christina MacAulay, of New South Wales. She died in 1931. Prior to the last war he was a member of the Launceston Artillery, and was a leading member of the Launceston Artillery Old Comrades' Association.

Throughout his life Mr. Mills retained his interest in sport. He was referee on a number of occasions for the combined public schools' sports, and frequently assisted at the annual sports of the Grammar School, of which he was an old boy.

Mr. Mills was in the service of the Union Company before the last war, but later joined the staff of the Launceston Marine Board, to which he returned after the war. For some years up to his death he had been in the service of the Customs Department at Launceston.

Mr. Mills was born in Launceston, and was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alma A. Mills. He was a brother of Mr. C. M. (Scott) Mills.

Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92635856

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