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Sydney William Mills

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 58), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 58), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney William AWMM
  • Surname
    Mills AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 35917 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 July 1880 AWMM Riverton, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 5 October 1916 AWMM Riverton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Percy Mills (brother), C/o Wright, Stephenson and Company (Limited), Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 April 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 5 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      164 pounds AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      fair AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Light brown AWMM
    • Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
      artificial above, bad below AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Robert Mills and Margaret Mills, of Riverton, Southland

    Moeraki then transfer to Port Sydney at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 March 1918 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Southland Times AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM

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Sources

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02 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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