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| William Leonard MILLETT (1886 - 1948) |
| Doctor |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Bertha MILLETT Beryl MILLETT Eleanora Doreen MILLETT (1916 - ) |
William Leonard MILLETT (1886 - 1948) + Amy Bertha BRONSDON (1888 - 1957) |
William MILLETT (1857 - 1911) | Richard MILLETT (1829 - 1882) | Richard MILLETT (1807 - 1848) |
| Ann TRIGS (1810 - 1871) | ||||
| Margaret NICHOLAS (1829 - 1866) | ||||
| Maude DUNSFORD (1864 - 1889) | ||||
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| b. 13 Oct 1886 at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia |
| m. 1914 Amy Bertha BRONSDON (1888 - 1957) at Burwood, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 03 Dec 1948 at Atherton, Queensland, Australia aged 62 |
| Parents: |
| William MILLETT (1857 - 1911) |
| Maude DUNSFORD (1864 - 1889) |
| Siblings (1): |
| Richard Bertram MILLETT (1888 - 1952) |
| Children (3): |
| Bertha MILLETT |
| Beryl MILLETT |
| Eleanora Doreen MILLETT (1916 - ) |
| Events in William Leonard MILLETT (1886 - 1948)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 13 Oct 1886 | William Leonard MILLETT was born | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia | |||
| 12 Dec 1889 | 3 | Death of mother Maude DUNSFORD (aged 25) | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 09 Feb 1911 | 24 | Death of father William MILLETT (aged 53) | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia | 1911/C002203 | |
| 1914 | 28 | Married Amy Bertha BRONSDON (aged 26) | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 21 Jan 1916 | 29 | Birth of daughter Eleanora Doreen MILLETT | Queensland, Australia | 1916/C576 | |
| 03 Dec 1948 | 62 | William Leonard MILLETT died | Atherton, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Cairns Post 10 Dec 1948
OBITUARY OB. WILLIAM LEONARD MILLETT. ATHERTON. Dec. 7.-Dr. William Leonard Millett, a well-known practitioner, passed away quietly at the Atherton Hospital after a serious Illness which has extended over six months. Besides a sorrowing widow and family he leaves a host of friends and admirers who respected him for his ability, his conscientiousness and his fear- lessness. The loss is a sad one in a State where the shortage of doctors who will take over country practices is becoming more and more acute. His passing will be felt not only by the sick and suffering, but by the medical profession since Dr.Millett, some time before his last illness had taken over research work, which, had he lived and been able to carry out his theories, must sooner or later have brought great benefits. - Far the sake of people suffering from tropical diseases it is to be hoped that a young man with equal enthusiasm and intellect will be found to take over his work. Before his last illness he was also working on two labour-saving inventions. Dr. Millett interspersed his work among his patients with many kindly deeds which gained for him loyal friends and staunch acquaintances. He was that rare thing, a practising Christian, and never allowed either ambition or greed to stand In the way of his ideal of service to the people. He was born in Charters Towers on October 13. 1886, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Millett. He was educated at the Anglican College, Sydney, and later at the Sydney University, where he obtained his M. Ch. He was married while a young man to Miss Bertha Bronsdon, of Burwood, Sydney, and later came north where he practised at Stannary Hills. Chillagoe and Mareeba. He was in Mareeba when the 1914-18 war broke out and was one of the first to join up in spite of a bad accident caused by a run-away horse while he was on his way to attend a patient. He served in the A IF, as a captain and saw action in France right through to the breaking of the Hindenberg line in 1918. On his discharge from the army he followed his. work in New Guinea, Charters Towers, Gympie and Willuna, his last hospital being Herberton, where with the assistance of Matron Murphy, he kept the short-staffed hospital going through, the difficult years of the war, leaving the hospital when it came under the control of the Atherton Hospitals Board.' After a period at private pravtice he was appointed Assistant Government Medical Officer to Peel Island, but anxiety over patients and worry over research was too much for a constitution weakened by years of overwork. Thinking the illness temporary, he resigned his position and retired to the home of his brother, Mr. R. B. Millett at Atherton, to recuperate. He was joined by his wife and one of his daughters and the family saw that he had the best of care and atten tion, but their, efforts were of no avail and he passed away- peace fully on Thursday. He leaves a widow, one brother (Mr. R. B. Millett, of Atherton) and three daughters to mourn the loss. The daughters are Doreen (Mrs. Henry Thomsett, of Brisbane), Beryl (Mrs. Lebler, of Nanango),'and Bertha (Mrs. Howard of Illinois, USA). He was intered from the Methodist Church. Rev. Gundas officiating in the church and at the graveside. At the funeral the Atherton Hospitals Board was represented by the chairman (Mr. G. E. Klngston) and the Herberton sub-branch the R.S.L, of which be was a member, was represented by their president (Mr. P. Kenny). |