Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Private John Leslie Miller (Service Nos:W13975/WX11839) initially enlisted in the ACMF on 19 August 1940 before transferring to the AIF on 26 April 1941, and was attached to 1 Australian Corps Petrol Park in the Middle East (15 September 1941 to 17 March 1942). Private Miller was posted to 9 Australian Advanced Ammunition Depot in 1944, and on 19 October 1945 was attached to 20 Group Reinforcements AASC at Discharge. Both his sisters - Phyllis and Joan - also served in WWII.

Jack was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1918, second of four children of John Joseph Miller (b1888 in Kooringa, South Australia) and Louisa Mary Cahill (b1886 in Perth, Western Australia). Both John and Louisa had been living in Kalgoorlie before they married in 1915. The couple lived in Kalgoorlie, where John was a Miner, and by 1920 had settled in Perth, where they raised their family and John was a Bread Carter.

Jack worked in Perth as a Shop Assistant and as a Bread Carter for Peerless Bakery. In 1940 when he enlisted in the Army, he was working as a Steward, and in Perth in 1941 in Fremantle Jack married Imelda (Mel) Carmel James (b1916 in Fremantle, Western Australia) - Mel worked as a Salesgirl at Aherns. Following his Discharge, Jack and Mel lived in Fremantle and Perth, where Jack worked as a Steward and Labourer. In the 1950s the family lived at Shannon River via Manjimup, where Jack was Club Manager, before returning to Perth (Gosnells then Mt Hawthorn) and Jack was a Masonry Worker and Salesman. Mel died in 1979 and Jack in 1981.