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William Leonard MILLETT (1886 - 1948)
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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)











William Leonard MILLETT

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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
Near Relatives of William Leonard MILLETT (1886 - 1948)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Richard MILLETT 18 Oct 1829 Gulval, Cornwall, England 25 Nov 1882 Gulval, Cornwall, England 53
Grandmother Margaret NICHOLAS 1829 Jun 1866 Gulval, Cornwall, England 37

Father William MILLETT 10 May 1857 Gulval, Cornwall, England 09 Feb 1911 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 53
Mother Maude DUNSFORD 1864 12 Dec 1889 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 25

Self William Leonard MILLETT 13 Oct 1886 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 03 Dec 1948 Atherton, Queensland, Australia 62

Wife Amy Bertha BRONSDON 1888 1957 69

Daughter Bertha MILLETT
Daughter Beryl MILLETT
Daughter Eleanora Doreen MILLETT 21 Jan 1916 Queensland, Australia

Brother Richard Bertram MILLETT 12 Jan 1888 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 27 Nov 1952 Atherton, Queensland, Australia 64

Uncle Richard Henry MILLETT abt 1852 Gulval, Cornwall, England 04 Aug 1921 Montville, Queensland, Australia 69
Aunt Candace Sandow CRAZE 01 Sep 1849 St Ives, Cornwall, England 24 Aug 1931 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 81
Uncle John Nicholas MILLETT 21 May 1854 Gulval, Cornwall, England 06 Nov 1910 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 56
Aunt Marie Louise JENKIN 04 Jan 1864 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 10 Feb 1931 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 67
Aunt Fanny MILLETT 14 Oct 1855 Gulval, Cornwall, England
Aunt Mary Ann MILLETT 11 Nov 1858 Gulval, Cornwall, England
Aunt Margaret Jane Winifred MILLETT 16 Sep 1860 Gulval, Cornwall, England
Aunt Sarah MILLETT 09 Nov 1862 Gulval, Cornwall, England
Aunt Edith MILLETT abt 1866 Gulval, Cornwall, England 25 Jul 1866 Gulval, Cornwall, England 0

Cousin Richard Henry MILLETT abt Mar 1883 Gulval, Cornwall, England 09 Dec 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin John Leonard MILLETT abt Jun 1884 Gulval, Cornwall, England 01 Jun 1970 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin William Francis MILLETT 19 Jun 1886 Penzance, Cornwall, England 19 May 1963 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin George Herbert MILLETT 05 Sep 1888 Gulval, Cornwall, England 25 Mar 1942 Perth, Western Australia, Australia 53
Cousin Arthur Stanley MILLETT 25 Sep 1890 Gulval, Cornwall, England 1978 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 88
Cousin Agnes Margaret Louise MILLETT 30 Jun 1886 Queensland, Australia
Cousin John Daniel MILLETT 30 Jun 1888 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 19 May 1956 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 67
Cousin Reginald Wellington MILLETT 19 Apr 1891 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 31 Jul 1963 Queensland, Australia 72
Cousin Clarice Winnifred MILLETT 19 Aug 1892 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Archibald Raymond MILLETT 1898 Queensland, Australia 1954 Queensland, Australia 56
Cousin Marie "Minnie" Emmeline MILLETT 12 Jan 1902 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 11 Aug 1978 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia 76

Nephew William Robert MILLETT 1913 Queensland, Australia
Niece Roewena Maude MILLETT 07 Sep 1915 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Richard Bert MILLETT 1917 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law Rowena Rose DAWKINS 07 Apr 1960 Queensland, Australia
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:
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).

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