MILLER, Joseph Charles
| Service Number: | 6109 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 April 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery Row A, grave No. 15. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll, Wellington St. John The Baptist Church Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6109, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6109, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6109, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Charles Miller was the son of Francis Bernard and Mary Matilda Miller of Wellington, New South Wales.
His older brother, 5599 William Miller 19th Battalion died of wounds in Sydney during 1920 after he was returned to Australia in 1919, having had both legs amputated.
Joseph was very young when he enlisted during September 1916, only 19 years of age.
He joined the 17th Battalion in France during March 1917 and saw some hard fighting, being slightly wounded near Ypres during October 1917. He was given some leave to England during early 1918 and gave himself a week off when he went AWL for a week. He was fined 38 days pay.
He suffered multiple wounds from an aircraft bomb on 19 April 1918 and died a week later in an Casualty Clearing Station.
The O.C. of the 55th Casualty Clearing Station advised the Red Cross, “Regarding Private Miller he was admitted to this C.C.S. on 19 April suffering from multiple bomb wounds. He died on 26.4.1918 and was buried by the Church of England chaplain in the Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery.