MILLER, Robert
| Service Number: | 429 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915, An original member of B Company 22nd Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kiewa, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Creek, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandy Creek Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Sandy Creek Cemetery World War 1 Veterans Memorial Plaque |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 429, 22nd Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company 22nd Bn. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 429, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 429, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 429, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert Miller was one 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.
Robert’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.
A third brother, 6778 Pte. Ernest Leslie Miller 3rd Battalion AIF, was twice wounded and returned to Australia in 1919.
Robert was an original member of the 22nd Battalion and as such served at Gallipoli from the end of August 1915. He transferred to the 57th Battalion during April 1916. He survived the Battle of Fromelles and saw a lot of action during 1916 and 1917. He was shot in the chest on the Messines front on 14 March 1918. His gunshot wound was in the left breast, and accodig to the newspapers of the day, the bullet pierced his lung and displaced his heart 2 inches. He spent some months in an English hospital, where he made a good recovery, except that his left arm was somewhat paralyzed.
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