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MCMILLAN, Alexander Buchanan
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 129, Q155005 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Alexandria, NSW, 13 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leichhardt Public School |
| Occupation: | Telephonist |
| Died: | Brisbane, Qld., 17 February 1953, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 41, Section 30 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 129, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 129, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 129, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 14 May 1941: | Involvement Private, Q155005 | |
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| 14 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 23 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Q155005 | |
| 10 May 1944: | Discharged | |
| 17 Jan 1945: | Discharged Q155005 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Annie Sarah McMILLAN nee SWADLING, 139 Augustus Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Alexander served in Egyp and Gallipoli and contracted Enteric Fever 13 August 1915 and returned to Australia and was discharged medically unfit.
Re-embarked (no details available).
Promoted Temporary Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II),1 January 1918.
Married Agnes McKELLAR, spinster, aged 24, at Unitarian Church, 17 Calderwood Road, Glasgow, Scotland, 8 April 1919.
Promoted Temporary WO Class I, 25 April 1919.
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