MILLER, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 2172 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Huntingdon Street School, Nottingham, England |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | GSW to head by enemy sniper, France, 3 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers -Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France. , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2172, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2172, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1879 Miller William Arthur Nottingham 7b 361.
William was the only son of William, a plumber, and Henrietta Bellamy Miller [née Hurt] of 6, Robin Hood Terrace, Victoria Park, St Ann's, Nottingham. His father William was born in 1856 at Darlington and his mother was born in 1857 at Edingley. They were married in 1878 at Nottingham. In the 1911 census his parents are living at 6 Robin Hood Terrace, Victoria Park, Nottingham, where they are shown as William 55 years, a plumber living with his wife Henrietta 54 years. In the same 1911 census William Arthur has left the family home, and is living at Station Hotel, Vernon Road, Basford and is shown as Arthur Miller 32 years, single and a barman. He is living with George Smith 52 years a licensed victualler and his wife Sarah 47 years .
He enlisted at Liverpool New South Wales, Australia on 7th July 1915. He served with the 17th battalion Australian Infantry.
His commanding officer wrote to his mother:-“Lieutenant A.S. Brown, C Company, 17th Bn.
'Dear Mrs Miller, ... I am the officer in charge of the platoon to which your son was attached and I have known him ever since he left Australia and was a Pte in the same tent with him at Tel-el-Kebir. On the night of the 2nd the Coy Lewis Gunners were detailed to act as a covering party in front of our trench and on the way out your son was sniped through the head and was killed instantly, his death was absolutely painless and he would not know anything about it....
He is remembered on the Halifax Place Wesleyan Chapel War Memorial in Nottimgham.
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