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Ernest Murray MILLS

Regimental number971
Place of birthNorth Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolVictoria Park State School, Abbotsford, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address51 Rawson Place, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMrs Jessie Mills, Heidelberg Road, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death12 May 1915
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Jessie MILLS, 103 Heidelberg Road, Clifton Hill, Melbourne
Family/military connectionsCousins: 1309 Pte Lionel ARMFIELD, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 19 May 1915; Major George Samuel ARMFIELD, 39th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 May 1919; 393 Sergeant Hubbert Alfred ARMFIELD, 39th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919 [?identified on RoH circular as Cpl Bert ARMFIELD].
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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