MILLETT, George Herbert
| Service Number: | 2109 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Penzance, Cornwall, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Accountant |
| Died: | Illness, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia, 25 March 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Homebush Western Australian Bank WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2109, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2109, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement 2109, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked 2109, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred & promoted in the Field, Egypt | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 2109, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Sever GSW to chest at Marseilles, France. Evacuated to Reading War Hospital, London. | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 2109, Because of his injury he was detached to AIF Headquarters - Staff, Audit Section, London until return to Australia | |
| 25 May 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 2109, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Owing to marriage in UK 1919, he had to wait for a ship to bring him and his bride home. Discharged in Perth, Western Australia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Stephan Millet, grandson of George Herbert Millet wrote this story in the SUBARU 4WD CLUB OF W.A. INC. whilst travelling around in WA
Remembering Billy and George The Dawn service at Albany was my first. We did not celebrate Anzac Day in my family, I think because it was too painful for Dad, but this one—the last of the Centenary remembrances— was poignant for me. As I stood in the drizzle on Mount Clarence, I reflected on my Dad and his dad. My Dad, George Henry Millett, was on his way to Northam Army barracks in 1940 when he heard that his father, George Herbert—known as Billy—had died of complications from injuries he received in WWI: his right shoulder blade was shot away and this eventually killed him. George Herbert enlisted from Bunbury, having ridden his bike from Busselton to do so. He served as Corporal in the 28th Infantry Battalion for three years. He was injured and repatriated to England. My Dad was a Pilot Officer in the RAAF, flying with 454 Squadron at the time he was de-mobbed. He flew mainly Beaufort bombers over Europe and the Middle East and suffered for years with recurring nightmares of the bombs wiping out villages, towns and cities. Of course, he did not speak much of those events—my Mum told us about the 40 years of nightmares only after he died. He died 25 years ago. It seems like yesterday. Stephan Millett