MILLIGAN, Joseph Llewellen
| Service Number: | 5376 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bunyip, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bunyip, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bunyip State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 February 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunyip War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5376, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5376, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5376, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph was the son of James and Catherine Milligan of Garfield Victoria. He arrived in France during November 1916. He was killed in action near the village of Le Sars after dark on the 23 February 1917. He has a detailed Red Cross Missing and Wounded file in which most of the more reliable accounts state he was killed in a trench when a shell splinter struck him in the forehead. Several of the men stated he disliked wearing the steel helmet as it was heavy and uncomfortable. He was buried by his mates in a decent grave but it was subsequently lost.
His older brother, 4547 Pte William Henry Milligan 60th Battalion was killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916; another brother 1736 Pte. Francis Frank Augustus Milligan 55th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, 26 September 1917. Another brother also served 6015 Sapper John Milligan 1st Tunnelling Company, and returned to Australia in 1918.