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MILLIN, Donald
(Service number 38975)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15 July 1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	8 Cambridge Street, Kensington, Timaru
Occupation	Railway fireman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs C. MILLIN (mother), Cambridge Street, Kensington, Timaru
Religion	Congregationalist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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	11 March 1971	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikumete Crematorium - ashes scattered
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Donald Millin born on 15 July 1896 at Timaru, was the third son of Robert Chalmers (or Chambers) and Christina (née McMillan) Millin.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 May 2017]; Waikumete Crematorium, Auckland, record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [04 May 2017]

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