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Joseph Henry MILLINGTON

Regimental number1031
Place of birthSorell, Tasmania
SchoolSorell State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSorell, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Joseph William Millington, Sorell, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 24), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Sarah MILLINGTON, Sorell, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5734 Lance Corporal Clarence Arthur MILLINGTON, 40th Bn, effective abroad (subsequently returned to Australia).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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