MCMILLEN, William Dean
Service Numbers: | 8290, VX13754 |
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Enlisted: | 26 April 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 29th Australian Army Service Corps |
Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 3 May 1897 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Copper Smith |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8290, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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5 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8290, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne | |
5 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8290, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 29th Australian Army Service Corps, Egypt | |
15 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8290, 29th Australian Army Service Corps, RTA 7 April 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
World War 2 Service
30 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX13754 | |
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30 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX13754 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
At the Victorian Railways gymnasium, one of the most promising pupils. was Driver Wm. Dean McMillen, prior to his enlistment in July, 1915. At
the early, age of 18 years and two months he sailed from Australia in November, 1915, and is now attached to the Army Service Corps. Driver McMillen is a promising, boxer, and in the Battalion tests abroad has more than held his own with the many picked men to be found, in the A.I.F.