George William Alfred Mills

Forenames

George William Alfred AWMM

Surname

Mills AWMM

Service number

• NZ411769 AWMM
• WWII 411769 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

11 Aug 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)

Next of kin

• Willliam Mills (father), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Mills. Umutaora Rd, Dannevirke AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ411769 AWMM
• WWII 411769 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 24/11/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Son of Willliam George Thomas Mills and Caroline Helen Mills (nee Hall), of Dannevirke, New Zealand

There is a reference to the loss of George Mills and the rest of the crew in the diary of Sergeant Pilot Raymond Herbert John Broady (NZ39691). [Ref. MS 883]

In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

Attended Ruaroa School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM

Death

7 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 16 F 8-10 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2040410
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845613
  Sources Used
• Archive Loss Report:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sharman-george-william.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 3 October 2021 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sharman-george-william.html

References

• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Broady, Raymond Herbert John. Papers, 1911-1942. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 883.