Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

James Bruce Miller was born on September 29 1918, in Caithness Scotland. His father Peter Thomson Miller and his mother Christina Macdonald were also born on Caithness, Scotland. At the age of two James, along with parents and his younger sister Catherine, emigrated to Sydney Australia. James had 7 siblings: Catherine, Marcus, Christina, William, Patricia, Jean and Peter.
James lived and grew up in the  Smithfield area, New South Wales, Australia. Before serving in the military James worked as a baker in the family run bakery, A & M Bakery Smithfield. James served in the military between 1939 and 1948, he enlisted in the military on May 7 1941, in Paddington, New South Wales.
He was discharged from the military on March 28 1946.
When James was discharged he went to work in Milla Milla, Cairns Queensland first as a baker and then as a labourer. Coming back from working as a labourer he was involved in an accident where he was thrown from the track and tragically killed. He passed away on July 26 1958, at age 39 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. He was buried on the 28th July 1958 in the Mareeba New Cemetery Mareeba Queensland.