George Herbert Mills was born June 18, 1899, in Sussex, New
Brunswick (NB), to Charles Dayton and Zena Inez (Brown) Mills. As a young
adult, Mills found work as a machinist in Wheaton Settlement, NB. When Mills
was conscripted into the service with the 85th Draft Canadian Engineers on June
19, 1918, he was listed as being 5'5¾" tall with brown eyes and brown
hair. On September 9, 1918, he was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Engineer
Reinforcement Battalion and sent to France. Mills contracted influenza and was
in and out of the hospital, including the No. 7 Canadian General Hospital at
Etaples, France, between November 19, 1918, to January 19, 1919. When he was
finally discharged from the hospital, he was transferred to the 3rd Canadian
Engineer Reinforcement Battalion at Seaford, England. On April 16, 1919, Mills
was transferred again to MD. Wing No. 7, Kimmel Park Camp, Seaford, to await
repatriation to Canada. Mills left England on the H.M.T. Royal George on May 3,
1919, and arrived at St. John, NB, on May 14, 1919, where he was discharged due
to demobilization the next day. Shortly thereafter, Mills went to live with his
sister, Mrs. Harold Lee, at 25 Federal Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. On October
22, 1930, Mills married Ruth Stevens in Bloomfield, Connecticut (CT). On May
23, 1932, Mills became a naturalized citizen of the United States. After Mills’
first marriage ended, he married Agnes C. (Campbell) Mills on November 1, 1938.
On February 16, 1942 Mills registered for the draft. Mill’s draft document
shows him living at 537 Naubuc Ave, Glastonbury, CT, and working for United
Aircraft in East Hartford, CT. Mills worked for the Connecticut Transit company
as a driver prior to his retirement. Mills died on February 20, 1997, in
Wallingford, Connecticut. Mills was buried with his wife in the Masonic
Cemetery in Wallingford.
