Regimental number | 1655 |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
School | Elizabeth Street Practising School, Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 245 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, Michael Alfred Mills, 245 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1655A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Rejected for service three times on account of his youth. Mother wrote: 'I have no details of my boy's death or of the regiment he was connected with at that time.' |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 19.4 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | La Neuville Communal Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 7), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 149 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Michael and Ellen MILLS, Vansittart Island, Western Australia. Native of Hobart |
Family/military connections | Brother: 85 Pte Charles Michael Alfred MILLS, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 April 1916; Brother-in-law: 286 Pte Valentine WILLIS, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 November 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |