MCMILLEN, James Jeffrey
| Service Number: | 358 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coppersmith |
| Memorials: | Batemans Bay War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement 358, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked 358, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
AIR-MECHANIC JAS. J. McMILLEN
Among the many young Australians who were prompt to respond to the call of the colours and are now upholding the name of this fair land on the battle-scarred fields of France, are three sons of Mr and Mrs McMillen, of 51 Jarvie street, East Brunswick. The three lads were fine athletes, and in every way worthy sons of the land that
bore them.
Enlisting in June, 1915, Air-Mechanic J. J. M'Millen, sailed from Australia a month later. He first saw service in Gallipoli and in Egypt. He was at tached to the first Royal Naval Bridging Train. At the date of his enlistment he was 22 years old. As an athlete 'Air-Mechanic' McMillen represented Victoria at the Railway annual competitions held in Sydney in 1914, as a middleweight he scored a number of
successes in that class and later on showed his ability, as a heavy weight. He was a capable exponent of physical culture, and in the tests, and competitions in that pastime he made his name felt.
At the Victorian Railways gymnasium, one of the most promising
pupils.
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