John Richard MILHAM

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MILHAM, John Richard

Service Number:	4473
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1899
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College Abbotsford Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Tuberculosis, Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4473, 21st Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4473, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4473, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

John Richard Milham was the son of Thomas William Leaf Milham and Alice Milham of Abbortsford Victoria. His father passed away in 1914.

His brother, 3356 Pte. Thomas Sidney Milham 59th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fromelles 19 July 1916, aged 19.

John enlisted at only 17 years of age and served with the 21st Battalion but fell sick in England and was treated for tuberculosis for much of 1916. He was returned to Australia during February 1917. He died of tuberculosis only a few months later in the MacLeod Sanitarium in Melbourne on 7 June 1917. He was just 18 years of age when he died.

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