MILLER, George Alphonsos
| Service Number: | 194 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ganger |
| Died: | Natural causes, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1958, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-03. 57. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 194, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 194, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 194, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 194, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right arm, dangerously ill). Amputation of right arm 1.5.1915. Right arm fitted 7.11.1915. | |
| 18 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 194, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - due to amputation of right arm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
3 brothers, all Original Anzacs, 2 resting and 1 awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
64 years ago today, on the 7th November 1958, Private George Alphonsos Miller, 13th Battalion (Reg No-194), ganger (West Tamworth Railways), from West Tamworth Railway Station, New South Wales and Railway Reserve, Islington, N.S.W. (1967), father of two (Harry, Kathleen), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. CATHOLIC 1-03. 57.
Born at Scone, New South Wales on the 30th July 1882 to Henry and Phoebe Miller; husband of Kathleen (Kate) Miller nee Miller (married 1919, Albury, N.S.W., died 20.1.1970 as Kathleen Vera Miller? Sydney, N.S.W., sleeping at BAPTIST-K NW. 37., buried 31.1.1970, unmarked grave), George enlisted 17.9.1914 at Rosebery Park Camp, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 30.4.1915 (GSW right arm, dangerously ill). Amputation of right arm 1.5.1915.
Right arm fitted 7.11.1915.
Younger brother Meldon John (born Glennies Creek, New South Wales, 15.2.1887, enlisted 17.9.1914, Original Anzac, 13th Battalion, Reg No-195, died 2nd June 1947, age-60 - ANGLICAN 1-64. 107.) also served 1st A.I.F.
No headstone. Wooden cross erected - 6.11.2022.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for official commemoration at the gravesite to restore Honour and Dignity to Meldon.
Older brother Harold Herbert (Harry, born Ravensworth, New South Wales, 9.5.1880, enlisted 17.9.1914, Original Anzac, 4th Battalion, Reg No-777, DOI 28.4.1917) also served 1st A.I.F. Photo 6.
A Memorial cross placed at the gravesite with Meldon - 6.11.2022.
Resting at Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England. Roman Catholic Section, Row C Grave 3482. Laid to rest on the 2nd May 1917.
3 brothers served 1st A.I.F., 1 nephew.
George returned home on the 21st December 1915, being discharged medically unfit (loss of right arm) on the 18th April 1916.
Mr. Miller’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name possibly inscribed on the Tamworth War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of George’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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