MILLER, Herbert Lawrence
Service Number: | N262583 |
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Enlisted: | 29 April 1941, Enlisted 29th April, 1941 in Forest Lodge in Sydney - living at Alexandria at the time |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1915 |
Home Town: | Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Presumed, Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea, 7 December 1942, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kokoda Track Memorial Rose Garden, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, N262583 | |
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29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), N262583, Enlisted 29th April, 1941 in Forest Lodge in Sydney - living at Alexandria at the time | |
29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N262583 | |
5 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, N262583, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Kokoda - Papua, Listed as missing on 7th December, 1943 - Presumed dead |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Herbert Lawrence MILLER was born on 17th March, 1915 in Alexandria, Sydney
His parents were James Lawrence MILLER & Margaret Ellen SLATTERY
He enlisted in Forest Lodge, Sydney on 29th April, 1941 and served in B Company 55/53 Battalion as a Driver (Australian Citizen Military Forces)
Herbert is presumed to have died on 7th December, 1942 on the Kokoda Trail but his body was never found - He is memorialized on the Port Moresby War Cemetery (Bomana) Panel 7 and the Roll of Honour in Alexandria & the Australian War Memorial
His Mother Margaret posted a message in a newspaper which states -
"Driver Herbert Miller, B Company, 55/53 Battalion -Reported missing, now presumed dead. Any further news would be appreciated by his Mother, Mrs. M. Miller, 54 Suttor St, Alexandria" Sadly there was no more news about her son