MILLS, Edward
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1913 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Born: | Whitegate, Ireland, 1 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Tuberculosis), Largs Bay, South Australia, 27 January 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia . |
| Memorials: |
Non Warlike Service
| 22 Jan 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy |
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World War 2 Service
| 22 Jan 1913: | Enlisted |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Warrant Officer, Royal Australian Navy |
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"Death of a Valued Naval Instructor.
Naval cadets will learn with regret of the death of their popular and esteemed instructor, Warrant-Officer Edward Mills. The deceased gentleman had been ailing for some time, and had been an inmate of a private hospital. Up till last Friday hope was held out of his ultimate recovery, but he took a turn for the worst on that day and was removed to his residence, Coolgardie Road, Largs, where he died on Thursday afternoon." - from the Port Adelaide News 28 Jan 1916 (nla.gov.au)
"MILLS.— The FRIENDS of the late WARRANT OFFICER EDWARD MILLS are respectfully informed that his Remains will be removed from his late residence, Kalgoorlie-road, Largs Bay, on SATURDAY, January 29, at 3 p.m., arriving Cheltenham railway-station at 4 p.m., thence (Naval Funeral), for interment in the Woodville Cemetery." - from the Adelaide Express and Telegraph 28 Jan 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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