McMillan, Vivian Ernest

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen McMillan, Vivian Ernest

Service Service Number Number 1494 2429 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 5th June 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

McMillan, Vivian Ernest

SERVICE NO

2429

UNIT

18th Battalion/ 5th Reinf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

22 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH

Ashburnham NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

20 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

Eugowra Rifle Club

NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Mary McMillan, “Rosebank” Eugowra Brother;- Neil Graham McMillan, Marara Eugowra

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’5½”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-33½-39½”. Complexion-Ruddy. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

Presbyterian

EMBARKED

5 Oct 1915- Sydney per A32 “Themistoclese”

DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

5 Jun 1916- France, while erecting wire entanglements/

BURIED

Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois Grenier, South of Armentieres. By Rev K C Single.

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-18399, British War Medal-25707, Victory Medal-25529. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-310753.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

P.Cards, pipe bowls, set of brushes in case, flash lamp/ Book of poems, 1 letter, 1 flute/

WILL

Beneficiary –Mary McMillan (Mother)

CORRESPONDENCE

Mary McMillan/ Broderick & Watson Solicitors, Forbes/

McMillan, Vivian (back centre), Robert (right), S.S. Smith (front) ; taken on board.

McMillanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Headstone Memorial (Eugowra, Ancestry.com)

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1956503

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