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Leslie Alexander MILLS

Regimental number2206
Place of birthPortland, Victoria
SchoolNarrawong State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressWallace Place, South Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Mills, Wallace Place, South Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date8 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWar service: 1047 days. Wounded at Pozieres, France.
FateKilled in Action 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialCrucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 15), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary MILLS; husband of Margaret MILLS, 6 Temple Street, Auburn, Victoria. Native of Portland, Victoria

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