condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Walter Anderson McMillan

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait of Sergeant Walter Anderson McMillan, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F1001 32. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sergeant Walter Anderson McMillan, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F1001 32. Image …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Anderson AWMM
  • Surname
    McMillan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/1793 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Christ AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    15 May 1894 Military Personnel file Kaitangata, Otago Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 12 January 1915 AWMM Henderson Street, Kaitangata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 A. McMillan (father), Henderson Street, Kaitangata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/1793 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 January 1915 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Coal miner/Civilian AWMM
    Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 16 June 1916 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded by a bomb right hip and left ankle, France AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Alexander and Margaret McMillan of Kaitangata, Otago, New Zealand,

    Sergeant 1st Battalion Otago Regiment. Operations: British Front before Puisieux 14 August 1918. Awarded for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on active service. On the morning of the 14 August 1918, when it was suspected that the enemy had evacuated their trencheds in front of Gouzeaucourt, Sergeant McMillan took out a patrol. He went straight for the known enemy posts, and finding the first evacuated dashed forward to the enemy's main line. He incurred great risk from snipers and machine-guns. He sent back most valuable reports and kept going forward until he reached the Serre-Puisieux Road, when he came under heavy machine-gun fire. This NCO [Non Commissioned Officer] showed great dash, initiative and courage, and was fine example of what a patrol leader should be. He was killed in action France, 28 August 1918. Source: Archives New Zealand. AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    25 August 1918 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Bapaume, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St Mein, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II C 4 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Walter Anderson McMillan by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Walter Anderson McMillan

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • Walter was my father Alexander James Griffin's Uncle. Walter was my Grandmothers brother. I never met my Grandmother, but knew Walters sister Agnes Reckie (nee McMillan)

    Christine Murdoch
    Public - Christine - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020
    Report 
  • Remembered and loved by his descendants. Great Uncle to Natalie and Great Great Uncle to Helen Francis.
    Public - Helen & Natalie - Other Relative - 14 April 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 470 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 April 2020ChristinePleasant PointDirect descendant
25 July 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
27 March 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher
14 April 2015Helen & NatalieWellington, NZOther Relative

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.