MILLER, Harold Kiffen
| Service Number: | WX7013 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 5 June 1916 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Col 93 |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7013 | |
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| 30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7013, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Harold was the youngest son of Charles and Henrietta, and the third of their five children. His father died in 1922 aged 47 (see obituary: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83155586). His mother Matilda (Ettie) did not remarry and died in 1956 aged 69.
Harold was one of 41 Australian POWs killed when the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. Of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident, four died later by execution. Most of the Australian casualties were from the 2/28th Infantry Battalion.