Leslie Charles MILLS

Regimental number3582
Place of birthBriagolong, Victoria
SchoolBriagolong State School, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGrocer
AddressBriagolong, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 9.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Mills, Briagolong, Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Rachel MILLS, Briagolong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7341 Pte Peter Frank MILLS, 1st Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919; 3583 Pte James Henry MILLS, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 24th Bn, 14 March 1916.

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 4 April 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MILLS Leslie Charles