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MILLS, Ernest Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5137 |
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Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Greensborough, Victoria, Australia, December 1892 |
Home Town: | Diamond Creek, Nillumbik, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele Ridge, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, 27 October 1917 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Diamond Creek War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5137, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5137, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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from War Record.
"No. 5137. Pte E.G. Mills "A" Company, 57th Battalion, was killed in action on the night of 27th Oct 1917, whilst stretcher-bearing near Paschendale [sic] Ridge (Ypres). We have no particulars as to the nature of the wounds received and no record of burial."