Sir Eric William John MILLHOUSE KC

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MILLHOUSE, Eric William John

Service Numbers:	35212, S2662
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Field Artillery Brigades
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 26 December 1891
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	lawyer
Died:	Cancer, North Adelaide, South Australia, 24 February 1950, aged 58 years
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide Attorney General's Department WW1 Honour Board , Adelaide Members of the Legal Profession & Students at Law WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls

World War 1 Service

9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 35212, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 35212, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 35212

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Major, S2662
7 Nov 1942:	Discharged
Date unknown:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, S2662

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

There are few men who could equal his record of public service and his influence for good for the ex-servicemen's movement. He joined the State Board of the SA Branch of the RSL in 1936 as a Vice President. He was elected Federal President in 1946 a role he held at the time of his death. He was Knight in the new years honour for 1950 by the King.

Sir Eric exelled in all fields of endevour he undertook. He was appointed a King's Councel in 1945. Chairman of the National Football League. Chairman of the Police Appeal Board. President and later Patron of the Amateur Billiards Association. he was an officer with the St. John Ambulance. Obiturary in the 1949 National RSL Annual report.

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