MILLS, Stanley Charles
(Service number 38973)
Pictured are (from left to right):
BACK ROW: Leonard, Lily, Stanley Charles, Jane, and Harry
FRONT ROW: Hannah (mother), Violet, and Ellis (father).
As well as losing Stanley Charles in World War One, the family also lost two other sons - Ellis John and James William Cecil -
in a boating accident at Timaru, reported in the Timaru Herald in December 1904. (Courtesy of M Johnson )
| First Rank | Lance Corporal. | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 10/06/1897 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 4 October 1916 | Age | 20 Years. |
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single. | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Hannah Mills (mother), 92 Church Street, Timaru, NZ. | ||
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 | 22nd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 16 February 1917 | ||
| Transport | Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, NZ | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion. | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 December 1917 | Age | 21 years |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds. | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Stanley Mills was the son of Ellis and Hannah Mills. Native of Timaru, NZ.
Mills, on enlistment in October 1916, was noted as being 5ft 11inches tall, of fair complexion, with grey eyes and brown hair. He was employed by the Post & Telegraph Department in Timaru, as a clerk.
Mills’ first known rank was Lance Corporal, in the NZEF 22nd Reinforcements of Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company. His personnel record tells us that on 2 Dec 1917 Stanley was admitted to hospital with a right thigh injury in France. Four days later he was listed as ‘dangerously ill’ for two days. On 13 Dec 1917 he embarked on a hospital ship for England, being admitted to London General Hospital in Chelsea on 19 Dec. There, Private Stanley Charles Mills died of wounds on 23 Dec. 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (Oct 2014); CWGC; Rootsweb – ‘Lancashire Witch’ passengers; Ancestry – NZ WW1 Roll of Honour, Manchester, England Marriages & Banns (marriage 1858), NZ Electoral Rolls, 1861 Census, Australia Birth Index, Public Family Tree – ‘Judys Tree’; NZ BDM’s;Timaru District Council – Cemetery Database; Timaru Herald 7 Dec 1917 (Roll of Honour), 22 Dec 1917 (Roll of Honour), 3 Jan 1918 (Roll of Honour), and 22 Dec 1917 (Roll of Honour); ; NZ Defence Force – Personnel Record; CWGC; Rootsweb – ‘Lancashire Witch’ passengers; NZ Electoral Rolls; 1861 Census, Australia Birth Index; Public Family Tree – ‘Judys Tree’
External Links
Related Documents
- Timaru Herald 7 Dec 1917 - Roll of Honour (pdf, 188.6 KB updated 14-Nov-2014)
- Timaru Herald, 3 Jan. 1918 - Roll of Honour (pdf, 99.0 KB updated 14-Nov-2014)
Researched and Written by
Lesly Tennent, SC branch NZSG
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