MILLER, Ernest Leslie
| Service Number: | 6778 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lockhart's Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Waterfall, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Footscray Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6778, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6778, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6778, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Leslie Miller was the youngest of four sons of Thomas and Julia Ann Miller who served in the AIF. He was born at Lockhart’s Creek, near Tallangatta in Victoria. The father, Thomas, had left the family in around 1900 so the children were raised by their mother.
Ernest’s brother, 1153 Pte. George Miller 3rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 July 1915, aged 24.
Another brother, 5410 Pte. William Miller 8th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Strazeele in France on 30 June 1918, aged 25.
Another brother, 429 Pte. Robert Miller 57th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia in mid-1918 with a serious gun shot wound to his chest which left him with a paralysed left arm.
Ernest was married very young in 1912 to Nellie, and they had a daughter born in 1913. Nellie died during January 1918, while Ernest was on active service.
Ernest joined the 3rd Battalion on the Western Front on 10 June 1917. He was wounded during the Battle of Menin Road during September 1917 in Belgium, and was evacuated to England with contusions to his back. He rejoined his unit at the front during May 1918 and was badly gassed in August 1918, again requiring evacuation to England. He was returned to Australia during January 1919.
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