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MILLAR, William Alexander

Service Number:	3357
Enlisted:	26 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Federated Mining Employees Association No. 1 Bendigo Branch Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3357, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3357, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3357, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
3 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3357, 5th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3357 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-03

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