MILNE, George Eric
| Service Number: | 795 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 20. |
| Memorials: | Balwyn War Memorial, Camberwell War Memorial, Myrtleford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 795, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 795, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 795, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Captain, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 | |
| 6 May 1918: | Honoured Military Cross |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Captain George Eric Milne was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. James Milne, of Camberwell, Victoria. He enlisted as a Sergeant in the original 24th Battalion and left Australia on 8 May 1915. He fought at Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and he was in one of the last parties to leave Anzac during the evacuation. He succumbed in France on April 5 to wounds received in action. He was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry the day before he was wounded. At the time of enlisting, he was an accountant in the advertising firm of Walker and Welford, Market Street, Melbourne.
He was a member of the Camberwell Cricket Club and of the Kooyong Lacrosse Club. He was also a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Camberwell. He was educated at the Camberwell State School and at Scotch College.
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