MCMILLAN, Cornelius Duncan
| Service Number: | 25583 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 29 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leichhardt Public School, Sydney Technical High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 27 February 1979, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25583, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Sydney, NSW | |
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| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 25583, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 25583, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Annie Sarah McMILLAN nee SWADLING, 139 Augustus Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Cornelius served in France and Belgium
Biography contributed by Sydney Technical High School
Cornelius Duncan McMillan, Service Number - 25583
Cornelius Duncan McMillan was born in Marrickville, New South Wales on January 29 1897. McMillan spent most of his young life in Sydney, first attending Leichhardt Public School, then Sydney Technical High School, all while achieving above average academics. This gave him skills and knowledge that would serve him for most of his life in the military, and in his civilian job as a clerk. In February of 1916, McMillan enlisted in the AIF in Sydney. He was assigned the service number 25583 and put in the 11th Field Artillery Brigade.
After the end of the war in 1918, McMillan returned to Australia. He settled back into Sydney, this time in Chatswood. In 1920, he married Gertude I Shields, staying married for the remainder of his life. In 1943, he pursued a new life in the town of Lilley, in Queensland. He would stay here until he reached old age, at which point he moved into the Jindalee Nursing Home. He passed away on February 27, 1979 at the age of 82.
Bibliography:
Virtual War Memorial Australia, Cornelius Duncan MCMILLAN, Virtual War Memorial Australia, Viewed on August 3, 2024, https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/377262
NSW Government, Cornelius Duncan McMillan, NSW War Memorials, Viewed August 3, 2024, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1956370&isAv=N
UNSW Australia, Cornelius Duncan McMillan, The AIF Project, Viewed August 3, 2024, https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=203481
Google Drive - Cornelius Duncan McMillan
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