MILLER, Keith
| Service Number: | 7041 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine fitter |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 29 June 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7041, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7041, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7041, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 27 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Near Le Verguier, France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Keith Miller was one of three sons of William and Alice Maud Miller, of Marrickville, New South Wales, who all enlisted in the AIF during World War 1.
His younger brother, 1901 Sergeant Robert William Miller 3rd Australian Machine Gun Company, was killed in action at Bullecourt on 6 May 1917, aged 24.
Keith joined the 13th Battalion in France during January 1917. He was awarded a Military Medal, “During the advance on the 18th September, 1918, near Le Verguier, Lance Corporal Miller was in charge of a Lewis Gun Section. The right flank of his Company was held up by an enemy machine gun post. Being unable to engage it from the prone position Miller moved forward alone in full view of the enemy and firing from the hip with deadly precision succeeded in silencing the enemy fire. Mainly as a result of his splendid daring and initiative his Company were enabled to capture an important enemy post which yielded 100 prisoners and 14 machine guns with a casualty.”
He was wounded in the arm during the action and evacuated to England the next day, returning to Australia in January 1919.
Another brother, 3100 Private William Neil Miller 45th Battalion AIF was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg at Pozieres during August 1916. He was returned to Australia during May 1917 due to multiple compound fractures.
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