MILLER, Robert Charles
| Service Number: | 2736 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Napier Street State School, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2736, Depot Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2736, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2736, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2736, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2736 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 2735 Pte. William Henry Miller 60th Battalion was also killed in action the same day 19 July, 1916. Age 27.
Robert was also born in Northcote Victoria, and married to Alice May Miller of Northcote Victoria, and had a 3 year old son. He was 26 years and 3 months old at the time of his death, and is remembered at VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France, panel 21. The son VX69158 Cpl. Robert Leo Miller served during WW2.
From the Red Cross files ..."on the 19th July, 1916, we went over the top at 6.45 p.m to attack Fromelles. I saw W. Miller fall first and his brother ran to speak to him, and he was hit by machine gun fire I think. One of the same platoon, Alexander, who has lost an eye, and who I fancy is now home, told me that in coming back he had seen both brothers dead ..." (Private H. George, 3740, 60th Australians)
A third brother, 1203 Harold Albert Miller 23rd Battalion AIF enlisted in 1915 and returned to Australia in March 1919.
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