Milton George YATES

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Service Number:	3219
Enlisted:	26 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Leongatha Cemetery Interred on 13 June 1978. Lawn area, Row H, Grave 029. Headstone inscription reads: In god's care
Memorials:

26 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3219, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3219, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3219, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
11 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion with the promotion to Sapper
5 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
3 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Field Company Engineers, In France
31 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3219, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Robert Coglin Seymour Yates and Mary Yates nee Ball of Alice Street, Malvern, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha disembarking on 22 June 1919

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Maisie Yates and father of Graeme Yates and Gary Yates