MILLS, Richard
| Service Number: | 3854 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 14 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer & Cabinet maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3854, 30th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3854, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3854, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3854, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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"PTE. RICHARD MILLS KILLED.
On Tuesday Mrs Fred Grey, Jun. received word that her brother, Private Richard Mills, of the 30th Battalion, was killed in action in France on May 9. The late Pte. Mills was a son of the late Mr. Richard Mills (for many years engineer for Mr E. H. Moyle and a resident of Pirie South) and was native of Port Pirie. He was 25 years of age. Prior to leaving Port Pirie, the late soldier was employed as cabinet maker at Pimlott's Ltd. He enlisted in Sydney, and had been on active service a little over two years. He had been in hospital for some time with trench fever, and had just returned to the firing line when he met his death. He was very well known in Port Pirie, and was highly popular among his many friends." - from the Port Pirie Recorder 16 May 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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