Jim Millner

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Jim Millner
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James Sinclair Millner

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Sydney, New South Wales
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Cheltenham, New South Wales
EducationNewington College
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
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  • Col. T. G. Millner (father)
  • Mary (May) Pattinson (mother)
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James Sinclair Millner AM (29 November 1919 – 24 January 2007) was an Australian corporate executive.[1] He was head of many large organisations including chairman of the NRMA, Soul Patts, New Hope Group, Brickworks, Choiseul Investments, Queensland Mines Limited and NBN Television.[2]

Biography

Soul Patts in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney

Millner was born in Sydney on 29 November 1919. His father Thomas George Millner MC, VD[3][4] was a colonel in the Australian Army and his mother Mary was the daughter of businessman Lewy Pattinson. Millner grew up in Cheltenham, New South Wales, and attended Newington College before studying pharmacy at The University of Sydney. At the breakout of World War II Millner enlisted in the Army Service Corps Officer Training School and was posted to Malaya. When Singapore fell, he became a prisoner of war in Changi Prison Singapore, then later Sandakan, Borneo. He was released at the cessation of hostilities in 1945, shipping out to Morotai and then Balikpapan. Jim Millner married Jean Claveranne in 1948.[5] On his return, Millner completed a Materia Medica (Pharmacy) course in 1947 at the University of Sydney, and joined the family company, Soul Patts, where he rose to be director in 1957.[6] Millner was chairman of Soul Patts from 1969 to 1998, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Robert Millner.[7][8][9]

Philanthropy and community

Millner supported financially the Australian War Memorial, the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney and served on the council of Newington College. His widow, Jean Millner, endowed the Jim Millner Bursary at Newington giving a boy the opportunity to attend the College from Year 7 until the completion of Year 12.[10] In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours, Millner was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "Service to industry and the community".[11]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Millner, Robert; Millner, Michael (22 February 2007). "A force for a well-known name: Jim Millner, 1919-2007". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ Who's Who in Australia (Crown Content Melb, 2007) pp 1444: Millner, James Sinclair (1919 - 2007)
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MILLNER, Thomas George - Military Cross". It's an Honour database. Australian Government. 1 January 1917. Retrieved 21 December 2017. Service Corps
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 649. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Linn, Rob (2006). "Jim Millner interviewed by Rob Linn" (Interview). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Soul Pattinson Chemist: An early history" (PDF). FIAT Mist: the alumni magazine of the faculty of pharmacy. University of Sydney Faculty of Pharmacy. March 2013. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cole, Brett (8 June 2013). "MARKETS SPECTATOR: Tom Millner and his brilliant BKI". The Australian. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ferguson, Adele (26 November 2009). "Nothing flashy when it's all about family". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bain, Jim (2007). A Financial Tale of Two Cities: Sydney and Melbourne's Remarkable Contest for Commercial Supremacy. UNSW Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 9780868409634. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  10. ^ Celebrating Eighty years on – a gift remembered Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MILLNER, James Sinclair - Member of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour database. Australian Government. 13 June 1983. Retrieved 21 December 2017. AM QB 83 GEN DIV. FOR SERVICE TO INDUSTRY AND TO THE COMMUNITY
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