MILEY, John Wilham
| Service Number: | 4184 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 3 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fuelman at Enfield Locomotive Depot |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 September 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 4184, 5th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 4184, 5th Field Ambulance, HMAT Marere, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
John William MILEY (Service Number 4184) was born on 3rd April 1890 in Sydney. Although he had been employed casually with the Railways prior to 24th November 1913, it was on this day that he began working there permanently as a fuelman at Eveleigh Locomotive Depot. He then remained in this position until 28th April 1915, when he was granted leave to join the AIF. He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A21 ‘Marere’ on 16th August 1915.
On 4th December 1915, he proceeded from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces. He reported for duty and was taken on strength of the 5th Australian Field Ambulance in Anzac Cove on 9th December, only days before the evacuation of the whole battlefield. By 9th January 1916, he was back in Alexandria (Egypt). On 17th March 1916, he proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Forces in France. He disembarked at Marseilles on 23rd March.
After over a year in the field in France, he was taken to hospital on 26th August 1917. He was admitted for ‘pyrexia of unknown origin’ on the same day. After a few months recovering, he marched into Havre from the hospital (in Ecault) on 28th November 2017. He re-joined his Battalion on 6th December. On 4th March 1918, he proceeded to the UK on leave. Whilst on leave, he was taken to hospital in London sick with an abscess on 7th March. After a few weeks, he re-joined his Battalion on 31st March 1918.
He was killed in action in France on 2nd September 1918. He was buried in Péronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Péronne, Picardie, France.
Following his death, his mother was sent his war medals – he received the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.