Ian Miller MUIR MID

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Service Number:	2615
Enlisted:	9 June 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh Scotland, September 1897
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Nowra Shoalhaven Soldiers Memorial Gates

9 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2615, 1st Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2615, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2615, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion, but reduced private after disobeying officer in field 18/3/1917
9 Oct 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Drove of enemy aeroplane with MG showing initiative and bravery
1 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
20 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion

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