MCMILLAN, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 403008 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Oxley, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wangaratta Technical School |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Lauton Village, Yorkshire, England, 4 January 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Haddington (St Martin's) New Burial Ground, Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom Sec E Grave 904 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oxley War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 403008 | |
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| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403008, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of James and Matilda McMILLAN, Oxley, via Wangaratta, Vic.
JUST TILL THE DAWN BREAKS, "WILLIE"
William enjoyed cycling, fishing and shooting.
Sergeant William Thomas McMillan 403008 of Number 60 Operational Training Unit RAF was killed when Defiant N3495 crashed near Linton, East Lothian, Scotland - also killed: Sergeant Trevor Hartley Jones 1311958 RAF
Word was received in Port Macquarie by friends, from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McMillan, of Oxley, Victoria, that Sergeant Pilot William Thomas McMillan had been killed in an aircraft Accident in England on 4th January. The deceased enlisted from Kempsey, and worked as a bricklayer on the new Catholic Church at Port Macquarie for five or six months. He was called up for service after leaving here.
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