Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

For context, my name is Michael John Miller, born 1960, and my mother was Josephine Kay Miller (nee Montgomery), born 1938. My brothers are Bryan (1962), David (1966) and Peter (1968).
John and Mary Miller are my grandparents on my father's side. Mary was daughter of Anne Sullivan who came from County Cork in the 1870's. Mary was born in Australia Anne married a John Vincent Culshaw (checking this) and Mary married John Arthur Miller.
John Miller had a fruit block at Paringa near Renmark, but went bust during the depression. The family relied on Mary's job as a school teacher to keep the family finances afloat, wth a bit of tight budgeting. My Dad (also John Arthur Miller) told me about Mary sending the boys to buy yesterday's bread from the bakers, then soaking it in milk and putting it into the oven to freshen it up. The pushbikes didn't have new tyres, so they would get old tyres from the dump and use one worn-out tyre as a liner for the other tyre.
John and Mary had about 7 kids - Joseph, John, George, Margaret, Leonard, Grace, Patricia. Aunty Pat was a nun, and Uncle Joe never married but the others had family of their own. Pat and Joe were such lovely, gentle people.
I never heard about "Pop's" involvement in the citizen military but considering he was in his late 50's when he enlisted, it's probably a good thing that the Japs never got to Renmark!
John Arthur Miller died in 1958 and was buried in Renmark.