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John Edmund MILLS

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Date of birth7 February 1893
Date of death29 April 1915
Mothers nameAgnes (née Harrison)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of death1962
Fathers nameEdmund Mills
Parents date of marriage1892
Parents place of marriageNew Zealand
Fathers date of death1932
SiblingsNorman Victor (b 1898), Edward William (b 1905), Andrew Webley (n 1906), Leah Sarah (b 1908), Frederick George (b 1910)
Cause of deathKilled in action
Last known residenceDistrict High School, Levin
Educational achievementsBA
Awards1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Gallipoli Medallion
Place of birthPetone, Wellington, New Zealand
OccupationTeacher at Levin District High School
Place of deathWalkers Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of arrival overseas3 December 1914
Theatres of warEgyptian 1914-15; Balkans 1915
Place of embarkationon Transport No 3
SurnameMILLS
War memorialLevin, Foxton, Foxton School
Place enlistedPalmerston North (witness T Davidson)
Christian namesJohn Edmund
Overseas memorialLone Pine Memorial, 75
SchoolPetone Central School 29 January 1900 - 16 Decembner 1908; Petone District High School; Victoria University 1909 - 1913
WarsWW 1
Service number10/442
ReligionProtestant
Date enlisted15 August 1914
Final rankLance-Corporal
Regiment or serviceWellington West Coy, Wgtn Infantry Bn, Main Body
Embarkation date16 October 1914
User reference2.103

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Declared age: 23 years 0 months

Killed in an assault of a Turkish trench with bayonets aged 24 years.

NOK: Parents, 134 Jackson St, Petone

Last Employer: NZ Government

Height: 5' 7" Chest: 31" - 34½"

Complexion: Fresh

Eyes: Blue Hair: Medium

He entered the Teaching Profession as a pupil/teacher at Khandallah, Wellington in 1909.

Probate: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington.

Previous Military Training: Cadets NZ - discharged

Enlisted as Private and promoted to Lance-Corporal.

As a mark of respect the Levin school,was closed on 18 July 1915 for their Teacher Mr JE Mills.

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