MILLER, Ernest Charles
| Service Number: | 2434 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, NSW, 5 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mudgee Public School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Tweed Heads, NSW, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong Public School Honour Roll, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2434, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2434, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2434, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ERNEST CHARLES MILLER was born at Mudgee, New South Wales, on 5th November, 1893, the son of Mr. Harry Miller and Mrs. I. M. Miller, of Gulgong. He was educated at Mudgee, and entered the service of the Bank on 8th May, 1911, at Dubbo, New South Wales. In April, 1913, he was transferred to Narromine, as assistant; in January, 1915, to the Inspector’s Department, Head Office; and in February went to Dunedoo, where he enlisted in the following July.
Ernest Miller left Australia as a private in the 19th Battalion, and saw service in Egypt from 2nd November, 1915, to 20th March, 1916. He then went on to France and was in action there until the Armistice, gaining promotion from corporal to sergeant, and eventually his commission as lieutenant in the 20th Battalion. He returned to Sydney in August, 1919.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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