Owen McLean MILLAR

Regimental number14460
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sophia Millar, 49 Baker Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Medals

Military Medal

'Messines Offensive: 7th to 9th June 1917. For great gallantry and devotion to duty. On 7th June 1917 when the telephone wire between Brigade Forward Station near Messines and 1st Battalion Auckland Regiment in the "Black" Line was out, he carried despatches between these two stations, through heavy shell fire and occasional machine gun Fire. Never once did he fail to deliver his despatches even under these most trying circumstances.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 16 August 1917

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 5