Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
4th Australian Machine Gun Company, at Fruges in France, 13 Sept 1917. Milne
is identified standing on the far right of the row second from the front. He was
killed in action the following month. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01820.001
Milne C G Pte 556 Cleve Goulding 4 MG Coy 19 Fitter and turner Single Pres
Address: Essendon, Daisy St, 25
Next of Kin: Milne, W A, father, 25 Daisy St, Essendon
Enlisted: 11 Oct 1916
Embarked: A67 Orsova 6 Dec 1916
Prior service: 59 Inf Bn
Date of death: 17/10/1917
CWGC: "Son of William Alexander and Ada Jane Milne, of "Strathcona," 25, Daisy St, Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ballarat, Victoria".
Inscription
"FOR FAITH, FOR LIBERTY FOR TRUTH HE OFFERED UP HIS STALWART YOUTH".
- DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall L-R
Essendon State School
St John's Presbyterian Church *
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
In Memoriam
MILNE.—In loving memory of our dear son and
brother, Private Cleve G. Milne, 4th Machine Gun
Co., killed in action near Zonnebeke Belgium,
17th October, 1917; reinterred Docy Farm Cemetery.
Sadly missed.
—(25 Daisy street, Essendon.)
Family Notices. (1920, October 18). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4577021
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