Arthur Robert McMILLIN

Regimental number6/4636
Date of birth13 December 1888
Place of birthTikokino
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27.11
Height5' 8"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J McMillin, 186 Hastings Street, Napier
Enlistment date16 November 1915
Place of enlistmentNapier
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 17 March 1919
Discharge date2 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 2 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 3 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 10 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles (date not recorded).

Joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry regiment, in the field, 8 June 1916.

Admitted to XX Corps Collecting Station, 1 October 1916 (enteritis); rejoined unit, in the field, 4 October 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 August 1917; promoted Corporal, 29 October 1917.

Wounded in action, 20 November 1917 (shrapnel wound, left arm, right ankle: slight), and admitted to 2nd Canadian General Hospital.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 22 November 1917.

Transferred (wounded) to England, 1 December 1917, and admitted to Mile End Military Hospital; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 29 December 1917; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 4 January 1918; discharged on furlough, 19 January 1918, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 1 February 1918.

Marched out to School of Instruction, Tidworth, 13 May 1918; rejoined Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 22 June 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Remuera', 17 March 1919; discharged, 2 June 1919.

War service: 3 years 200 days (of which 3 years 35 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 12
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805