MILNE, Phillip
| Service Numbers: | 276, Q225805 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1878 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 15 November 1949, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pittsworth Cemetery Plot: Multi Denominational, Section 1A, Row 4, Plot 224 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 276 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 276, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 276, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q225805, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q225805, 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q225805, 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW2 (Home Front), Private S.N. Q225805, 7 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD).
When Phillip Milne enlsited in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. J. Milne, Roma. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 66, it notes he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. Johnson Milne, Roma.
He was born Phillip Healy Milne on 1 Jun 1878 at Roma, Qld, a son to William Johnston Milne and Margaret Russell Healy Milne (nee Tomlin). He married Elizabeth Schaumburg (Schomberg) on 26 Dec 1906 in Queensland and they had 5 children.
When he enlisted for WW2 (home front) on 19 Apr 1942 he noted on his Attestation Form that; he was born at Roma on 15 Jun 1878 and aged 63 years; he was a widower, shearer and living at Millmerran, his N.O.K. was his son Allan Little Milne; and he had previously served in the South African (Boer) War in the 6th QIB.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 66; National Archives Australia- WW2 service record).
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