MILLWARD, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 421 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Qld., 1894 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | North State School, Toowoomba Grammar School |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Memorials: | Clayfield College Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 421, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 421, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Another charnge is to be made in the administration of the Downs Central Recruiting Depot at Toowoomba, the Recruiting and Enlisting Officer there, Lieut. W.A. Millward, having resigned his appointment in order to join the teaching staff at Clayfield College, Brisbane.
The Lieutenant belongs to Toowoomba, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Millward. He attended the North Stte School as a boy, and ws on the staff there for eight years. He is also an old Grammar School boy. He has been assoicted with the 11th Darling Downs Infantry in Toowoomba from its inception and served in it as a Corporal, Colour Sergeant, Regimental Sergeant, Major, 2nd Lieutenant, and 1st Lieutenant. He enlisted with the 9th Battalion on the outbreak of the war, and in Egyptt was severely wounded, receiving a fracture of the skull, being invalided home in onsequense in 1915. Lieut. Millward is one of two Queensland life members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Astralia.