MILLER, Frank
| Service Number: | 5401 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1915, Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Calgary, Canada, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Drowing, Molongo River, Causeway, Canberra, ACT, 4 May 1944 |
| Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5401, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5401, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5401, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Late Mr. Frank Miller
In the passing of Mr. Frank Miller, Canberra has lost one of her best known and highly respected citizens. Frank, as he was affectionately known to all, was 65 years of age. He enlisted early in 1910, and served overseas with the 54th Battalion until his discharge on account of severe war, wounds in 1917. Ill-health did not deter him from returning to England at his own expense, and engaging in war work until July, 1919.
He arrived in Canberra in 1926, and was one of the band of ex-servicemen who formed the A.C.T. branch of the Returned Soldiers' League. He served continuously for 15 years on the branch executive as a delegates from the Causeway (now Kingston) sub-branch, and up to a few months ago, when a severe oprration prevented him attending, he supervised the social arrangements at each monthly meeting of his sub-branch. His whole heart and soul was in serving and assisting his less fortunate comrades. His quiet efficiency, dry humour, and cheery manner will be sadly missed by his old war comrades, and by his mates at the electrical shop at Kingston. To his widow, who was at his side in all his good deeds, we extend our deepest sympathy in her great loss.
Vale-old comrade. Yours was a duty nobly done.
CAUSEWAY RESIDENT
DROWNED IN RIVER
When Frank Miller failed to return to his home at Causeway yesterday afternoon, a search was made by some Causeway residents and his body was found last night in the Molonglo River near the power station. The deceased was at work at the Kingston electrical workshops as usual yesterday and was last seen walking near the bank of the river about five o'clock, yesterday afternoon.
The body was conveyed by the Canberra ambulance to the Canberra hospital.
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