Wallace Mills
Australian rules footballer
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Wallace Hickford Mills (7 January 1915 – 24 November 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Middle Park, Victoria
Gordonvale, Queensland
| Wallace Mills | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Wallace Hickford Mills | ||
| Born |
7 January 1915 Middle Park, Victoria | ||
| Died |
24 November 1943 (aged 28) Gordonvale, Queensland | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937 | St Kilda | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of Frederick Mills (1880–1966),[2] and Emily Louisa "Emma" Mills (1866–1949), née Hickford,[3] Wallace Hickford Mills was born in Middle Park, Victoria on 7 January 1915.[4]
He married Edith Jane Edward (1915–2003) in 1939.
Football
He played in one First XVIII match for St Kilda: against Footscray, at the Junction Oval, on 24 July 1937. He was promoted from the Seconds, and replaced Ken Mackie.[5][6] He was relegated to the Seconds for the next week's match.[7]
Military service
He enlisted for service in the Australian Military forces on 4 December 1939, and served overseas in the Middle East.[8]
Death
He was killed in a motor accident in Far North Queensland while serving with the 2/41st Light Aid Detachment, Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.[9][10]
On 24 November 1943, Mills was fatally injured when the army truck he was riding in collided with a Royal Australian Air Force truck on the Innisfail-Cairns road. He died later that day at a hospital in Gordonvale.[11][12]
He was buried at the Atherton War Cemetery.[13]
