Wallace Andrew Kensett MILLS

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MILLS, Wallace Andrew Kensett

Service Number:	NX45320
Enlisted:	22 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	HQ Guard Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1903
Home Town:	Bonalbo, Kyogle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1971, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Memorials:	Old Bonalbo WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX45320, HQ Guard Battalion
30 Aug 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX45320, HQ Guard Battalion, ex Sydney to Palestine
17 Apr 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, HQ Guard Battalion
19 Mar 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX45320, HQ Guard Battalion, ex Middle East per USS Mt Vernon
3 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX45320, HQ Guard Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Born in 1903 in Wellington nr Dubbo NSW, Wallace was the second child (and eldest son) of George Mills (b1972 in Ormigul, Dubbo, NSW) and Elizabeth Jane Hamilton (b1880 in Parkes, NSW). George (a Labourer) and Elizabeth married in 1901 in Wellington where they settled until moving to Acacia Creek in Old Bonalbo around 1917 where George was a Dairy Farmer. He and Elizabeth retired to Brisbane QLD in the mid 1950s.

Wallace worked as a Labourer at Upper Duck Creek in Old Bonalbo NSW, and in 1932 married Elspeth Evelina Hendry (b1909 in Killarney QLD. Wallace and Elspeth married in Brisbane and settled in Upper Duck Creek. In 1940 Wallace (a Truck Driver) enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:NX45320). He served in the Middle East with 2/2 Field Coy and HQ Guard Battalion and was a Corporal attached to HQ Guard Battalion when he was Discharged in January 1946.

By 1949 Wallace and Elspeth had settled in Warwick, QLD where Wallace was a Farmer before retiring to Margate, Brisbane QLD in 1969. Wallace died in 1971.

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