MILLS, Edwin Harry
(Service number 73547)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 22 February 1893 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | "Thornleigh", Boulcott Street, Wellington | ||
| Occupation | Draper | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs E. MILLS (mother), 92 Church Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 38th Reinforcements, D Company | ||
| Date | 5 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Remuera | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Edwin Harry Mills was born on 22 February 1893 at Timaru, the third son of Ellis and Hannah (née Pavey) Mills. He was educated at Gleniti School, leaving there in 1900. Edwin Mills, who was called up in 1916, embarked in 1918 with the 38th Reinforcements. E. H. Mills returned home in Draft 211, with over a thousand men aboard, per the “Briton” which was due at Lyttelton in late January 1919. In 1919 he was back in Timaru with his family. What became of Edwin Harry Mills thereafter? Two brothers served in World War I – Leonard and Charles Stanley, Stanley dying of wounds in 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 September 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch) [12 September 2020]; Timaru Herald, 25 January 1919 (Papers Past) [08 September 2020]
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