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McMILLAN, James Scott
(Service number 14137)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	01/01/1884	Place of Birth	Dunedin, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date	3 August 1916	Age	32 years
Address at Enlistment	80 Grey Road, Timaru
Occupation	Watchmaker
Previous Military Experience	Dunedin Bearer Corps Left District 3&1/2 years
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Miss Nellie McMillan (sister), 3 Vire Street, Dunedin, NZ
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	6/26/1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, NZ	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 July 1917	Age	33 years
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Killed in Action
Notices	Timaru Herald 29 June 1917, & 30 June 1917.
Memorial or Cemetery	Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

James McMillan was the brother of Thomas McMillan, of 50 Howe St., Dunedin, NZ.

Sources

Cenotaph

External Links

Researched and Written by

Lesley Tennent (SC branch NZSG)

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