Frederick Francis MILLER

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MILLER, Frederick Francis

Service Number:	6138
Enlisted:	22 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Grenfell Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 November 1917
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXX, Row H, Grave No. 26. PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Great War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6138, 20th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6138, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6138, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The son of Frank and the late Catherine Miller, of Bimbi Hotel, Bimbi, New South Wales. It seems Frederick’s mother died when he was only one year of age, and he was raised by his grandmother.

Frederick Miller was working a clerk in one of Grenfell’s largest shops, Hill’s and Hall, when he enlisted in 1916.

He joined the 20th Battalion in France on 25 June 1917 and was severely wounded just under three months later, in the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Belgium, on 20 September 1917.

Frederick was taken to the 26th General Hospital in Rouen, France, via several casualty dressing stations. He had a shrapnel wound which caused a compound fracture of his upper arm. Three operations were performed in the hospital on the 1st, 17th, and 31st October 1917, but Frederick’s condition worsened, and he died in the hospital shortly after the last operation.

Frederick had just turned 21 years of age and he left a will in favour of his grandmother.

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