MILLER, George
| Service Numbers: | SN 5155, 5155 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1915, He was part of the 1st Battalion, C Company - 16th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, New South Wales, 27 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Young St. John the Evangelist Church Great War Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 5155, 1st Infantry Battalion, He was part of the 1st Battalion, C Company - 16th Reinforcements | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5155, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5155, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George was born as Edward George MILLER on 27th August, 1885 in Young NSW
He was the 5th of 11 children born to Matthew MILLER and Anna Mary SPLIET
He was Killed in Action by a shell between the 22nd & 25th July, 1916 & buried where he fell - the men of his Battalion erected a cross over his grave with an inscription - He is memorialized in Villers Bretonneux, the Australian War Memorial (Panel 30) and also has his name & details engraved on his fathers headstone in Young Cemetery in country NSW
George was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
"We shall remember him"
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