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Douglas Gilchrist MACMILLAN

Regimental number3439
Date of birth24 September 1897
Place of birthNormanville, South Australia
SchoolSt Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressBroken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ailcie K Macmillan, Kalgoorlie Road, Largs Bay, South Australia
Previous military service12th Field Company Army Engineers
Enlistment date30 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 10 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Port Adelaide branch, 13 April 1914. Transferred to Broken Hill branch, February 1915.
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1919
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15
Date: 4 February 1919

Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1898/466 Pte Hugh Cameron MACMILLAN, 11th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 1 March 1918; 3438 Pte Ian Stewart MACMILLAN, 50th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death22 February 1939
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 249.

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