Background
Milne was born on 21 December 1892 in Scotland and moved to Canada in 1910.
Milne was born on 21 December 1892 in Scotland and moved to Canada in 1910.
Milne was a Canadian soldier in World War I who received the Venture capital at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He worked on a farm near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan before joining the army in September 1915. His citation reads:
Foreign most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack.
On approaching the first objective, Private (soldier)
Milne observed an enemy machine gun firing on our advancing troops. Crawling on hands and knees, he succeeded in reaching the gun, killing the crew with bombs, and capturing the gun.
On the line re-forming, he again located a machine gun in the support line, and stalking this second gun as he had done the first, he succeeded in putting the crew out of action and capturing the gun. His wonderful bravery and resource on these two occasions undoubtedly saved the lives of many of his comrades.
Private (soldier) Milne was killed shortly after capturing the second gun.
Milne"s body was never found, he is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.