MILLER, James Hartley Thomas
| Service Number: | 4224 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Morgan, South Australia, 16 July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Oodla Wirra, Peterborough, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Yongala Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Oodla Wirra Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough Oodla Wirra Town Hall Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4224, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4224, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4224, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4224 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-10 |
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Brother of 719 Pte. Hugh Everett Miller (/explore/people/190687) who was killed in France on 01 Sep 1918
"...4224 Private James Hartley Thomas Miller (Hartley Miller), 50th Battalion. A labourer from Oodla Wirra, South Australia, prior to enlistment in the 10th Battalion, he embarked from Adelaide on 11 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda for Egypt where he was transferred to the 50th Battalion. His new battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. During October 1916 he was evacuated to England suffering from severe influenza and did not rejoin his battalion in France until February 1917. Pte Miller was reported missing in action and later killed in action on 10 June 1917 near Messines, Belgium. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Pte Miller was aged 34 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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