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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

McMillan, Robert Bruce Service Number 2428

Killed in Action 5th October 1917 Broodseinde Ridge near Ypres, Belgium

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NAME McMillan, Robert Bruce

SERVICE NO 2428

UNIT 18th Battalion/5

th Rienfs.

RANK L/Cpl from 21Sept 1917

AGE at Enlistment 33 yrs 11 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Eugowra, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Farmer & Grazier

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 20 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 7 yrs Militia Reserves/Eugowra Rifle Club

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mary McMillan, “Rosebank” Eugowra, NSW

Father;- deceased

Brother;-Neil Graham McMillan, “Marara” Eugowra, NSW (Farmer & Grazier). Sister;- Mary G McMillan, “Rosebank” Eugowra, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’9”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-35½-39½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Grey.

RELIGION Presbyterian

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Brother;- Pte Vivian Ernest McMillan 2429 (dec. 5/6/16) 18th Battalion.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 27 Jul 1916-GSW Nose & shell shock- France- rejoined unit 16/8/16/ 10 -19 Nov 1916- Trench Foot/ 28 Feb -13 Mar 1917- Trench Foot/ 18 Mar-1 Apr 1917-Boils neck/ 21 Sept 1917-canon wounded

DIED 5 Oct 1917- Killed instantly by Shell fire approaching Broodseinde Ridge nr Ypres- Belgium

BURIED Where he fell. (Zonnebeke)/ Re-Interred- Tyne Cot. Brit. Cemetery Plot 23 Row F

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-18400, British War Medal-25706, Victory Medal-25528. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-333944

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 Disc, wallet, diary, 4 badges, letters, photos/ wallet, letters, photos, 2 notebooks, small flag, religious medallion, 5 bullets/ 4 handkerchiefs, pair hair brushes in case, pair field glasses (damaged) in case, photo, views of Cairo, watch (damaged) in soap tin/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Broderick & Watson Solicitors Forbes/ Neil G McMillan./

NSW Births;-McMIllan, Robert B 1882/15829 reg Forbes parents Archibald & Mary Ancestry.com DOB;- 24 Aug 1882-Eugowra Died- 5 Oct 1917-Passchendale- Belgium Parents Archibald McMillan 1828-1902 & Mary Graham 1847-1921 See portrait & obit from Forbes newspaper

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

McMillan—Headstone Memorial (Eugowra, Ancestry.com)

Obituary (Ancestry.com) The ‘Forbes Advocate’

30th October 1917

Eugowra district lost a worthy representative on the west front within the last month, for word came through on Friday that Private Robert Bruce McMillan, son of the late Archibald and Mrs McMillan of Rosebank, has paid the supreme sacrifice in France. The news came as a shock to all his friends ... For no soldier who has left Forbes district was held in greater respect than “Bob” McMillan. He was one of the men a district can ill afford to lose ... The late Private McMillan took part in heavy fighting in France and was close to his brother Vivian when the latter was killed in action. It was a sad ending to a promising life but his relatives may rest

assured that he was game to the last.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1955848

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