MILLER, William
| Service Number: | 1673 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916, 16th infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, January 1896 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New Lambton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, DoW 12th Casualty Clearing Station, Hazebrouck, France, 22 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 21, Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1673, 35th Infantry Battalion, 16th infantry | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1673, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1673, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1673, 35th Infantry Battalion, GSW to head DoW 12th Casualty Clearing Station, Hazebrouck |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 22nd December 1916 (11.50 P.M.), Private William Miller, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1673), dairy farmer from 73 Orchardtown Road, New Lambton, New South Wales, Died of Wounds, age 20 years 10 months.
Born at Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland about 1896 to John (died 1936, not listed on Sandgate database) and Isabella (Bella, died 1949), William enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to 12th Casualty Clearing Station, 22.12.1916 (GSW head, dangerously ill).
William is resting at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France. Plot I Row B Grave 21.
Mr. Miller’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton War Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 11th November 1916, 93 names originally inscribed, 3 Fallen, 114 names now inscribed, 19 Fallen), Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor, New Lambton Mechanics' Institute Certificate, New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour and the Lambton Lodge Independent Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour.
There is no memorial inscription on the Miller headstone plaque to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son William, and I am unable to erect a memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of this Forgotten Digger of The Great War. GENERAL-31. 43.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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