Jack MCMILLAN MM

Badge Number: S10975, Sub Branch: Hindmarsh/Kapunda
S10975

MCMILLAN, Jack

Service Number: 2745
Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Echuca, Victoria, 9 February 1895
Home Town: Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Natural Causes, South Australia, 27 January 1977, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
Memorials:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2745, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2745, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2745, 10th Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Jack McMillan's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

"PRIVATE J. McMILLAN.

Information has been received that Private J. McMillan has been awarded the Military Medal. He was born in Echuca Victoria, and celebrated his 21st birthday abroad. He is the eldest son of Mrs. McMillan, of Norwood, and the late Mr. Anthony McMillan, of Oakbank. He enlisted in July, 1915, and left for the front in October 1915. He took part in the battle of Pozieres, where he gained his distinction." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 16 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

Read more...