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William Henry MILLS

Regimental number3396
Place of birthBulwell, Nottinghamshire, England
SchoolChurch Trust School, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, H Mills, 3 Heiron Place, Stockwell Street, Bulwell, Notts, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 September 1918
Place of death or woundingnr Peronne, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLa Chapelette British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 9), Peronne, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Edith MILLS, 3 Heiron Place, Stockwell Street, Bulwell, Norringham, England

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