MILLHOUSE, Claude Edward
| Service Numbers: | 150, R150 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fern Tree, Tasmania, Australia, 24 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | High Peak State School, Huon Road, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Linesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian Postal Linemen's Union HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 150, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, R150, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, R150, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 150, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 150 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Claude served at the landing on Anzac and suffered a bullet wound to the thigh on 2 May 1915, resulting in his evacuation to Egypt. He was returned to Australia as wounded in July 1915 however was kept in service and was sent back overseas with the 12th Battalion during early 1916. He was promoted to Corporal just before he was killed in action at Bullecourt in April 1917. Although buried in the field with map coordinates his grave was lost and he has no known grave.
His older brother, 1212 Pte. Horace Millhouse 15th Battalion had been killed in action attacking Hill 971 at Gallipoli 9 August 1915, aged 25.