MILLER, William
| Service Number: | 5599 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Tuberculois, 'Woodville', Red Cross Home, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1920, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wellington General Cemetery, NSW Roman Catholic Section, Row A, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5599, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5599, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5599, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5599, 19th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to both legs resulting in both legs being amputated |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Bernard Miller of Jean Street, Wellington, NSW
23 March 1919 - returned to Australia on board Dongala(ex Ryan) disembarking on 16 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Miller was the son of Francis Bernard and Mary Matilda Miller of Wellington, New South Wales.
His younger brother, 6109 Private Joseph Charles Miller 17th Battalion AIF had died of wounds in France on 26 April 1918, aged 20.
William enlisted during February 1916. He joined the 19th Battalion in France on 14 February 1917. He was wounded in action in Belgium on 6 November 1917. He had the most gunshot or shrapnel wounds to his legs and went through a Field Ambulance, a Casualty Clearing Station before reaching a General Hospital in Camiers, France on 12 days later. Here both his legs were amputated, his right leg below the knee and the left leg above the knee. He was evacuated to hospital in England a few weeks later, during December 1917. Miller was in the 2nd Auxiliary Hospital in Southall, England for about 15 months before he was returned to Australia during March 1919.
He was reported in the local paper to be in Sydney making arrangements for his artificial limbs, when he contracted a cold, which eventually turned to lung trouble. He entered the Randwick hospital, and although everything was done for him, he gradually grew worse with tuberculosis and died on 17 June 1920.
His body was returned to Wellington where he received a large funeral, with four returned soldiers in uniform acting as pall bearers.
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