John Franklin MILLS

MILLS, John Franklin

    Service Number: 415040
    Enlisted: 23 June 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, 28 July 1915
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Kalgoolie State School and Perth Boys School
    Occupation: Newspaper Advertising Manager
    Died: Flying Battle, Off Dutch Coast, 14 May 1943, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England - Panel 193, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415040, Perth, Western Australia
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 415040, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
    16 Jun 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 415040, Embarked at Sydney for UK
    14 May 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 415040, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Thomas and Louisa, Cecilia Mills and husband of Edna Geraldine Mills of South Perth, Western Australia.

    Sports played - Cycling, Swimming, Tennis, Fencing, Horse riding

    Plane was Halifax 11 D 732 of 1 Squadron which crashed off Zuider Zee, Holland.His body was the only one of the crew which was never found. The remining 6 of the crew were buried in a cemetery near  Amsterdam

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