George Arthur MILLS

MILLS, George Arthur

Service Number: 33250
Enlisted: 20 August 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1919
Home Town: Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Dubbo High School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Ground Battle, Bournemouth, England, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 23 May 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Bournemouth North Cemetery, England
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Wellington Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 33250
20 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 33250

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Attack by Luftwaffe FW190 aircraft which damaged hotels in Bournemouth administered by RAAF Number 3 Personnel Despatch & Reception Centre as leave / recreation centres.

3PDRC operated in Bournemouth from July 1941 to January 1946 administering RAAF and some RCAF personnel.  21 airmen were killed in the raid: 3 members of the RAF; 13 RCAF and 7 RAAF

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Gray, Neil Morton (Sergeant) 420618

Kerrigan, Allan (Flight Sergeant) 420681

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Mills, George Arthur (Sergeant) 33250

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Biography contributed

George Mills was killed on 23 May 1943 during a German air raid on a RAF air force base at Bournemouth, England.