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MILLER, James Murry
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX14639 |
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Enlisted: | 8 May 1940, Caufield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia , 28 February 1917 |
Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Seymour State School, Seymour, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died at sea (POW Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 16 September 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 19 Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yarram WW2 Memorial Pillars |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX14639 | |
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8 May 1940: | Transferred Private, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
8 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX14639, Caufield, Victoria | |
9 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX14639, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
6 Aug 1941: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Appointed Lance Corporal. | |
11 Oct 1941: | Promoted Trooper, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reverted from Lance Corporal to Trooper. | |
31 Jan 1942: | Embarked Trooper, VX14639, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Disembarked Batavia, 18. 2. 1942. With the imminent Japanese threat to Australia, the 6th and 7th Divisions were recalled to Australia. 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, returning home aboard the 'Orcades' along with other units were diverted to Batavia in order to raise a defensive force against the Japanese, called Blackforce. After days of heavy fighting in early March 1942 and heavy losses, Blackforce was ordered to lay down their arms and surrender. | |
7 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Reported Missing in Action in Java 7. 3. 1942. | |
30 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX14639, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reported Missing in Action | |
22 Dec 1943: | Imprisoned AIF JAVA, Interned Thai Camp | |
16 Sep 1944: | Imprisoned Killed at Sea aboard Japanese Ship RAKUYO MARU, sunk by Allied Wolfpack consisting of Destroyer and Subs in South China Sea. |
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