Andrew Reid MILLER

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MILLER, Andrew Reid

Service Number:	1344
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Medical Team
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 March 1879
Home Town:	Torwood, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Vehicle/Cyclist Accident, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 63 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 11-63-14
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1344, Australian Medical Team
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1344, Army Medical Corps Contingent (NSW)
12 Feb 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1344, Australian Medical Team, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 526 & 16 notes the CAMC (Qld) embarked at Sydney as the 4th Contingent (Commonwealth) of the NSWAMC on the 12 Feb 1902 aboard Manchester Merchant arriving Durban 17 Mar 1902.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1344, Australian Medical Team, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 526 & 16 notes the CAMAC (Qld) embarked at Durban 10 Jul 1902 returning to Australia aboard Drayton Grange arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Andrew Reid Miller was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 26 Mar 1879, a son to Andrew Dunlop Miller and Annie Miller (nee Nicholson). He married Janet Sorbie in Brisbane on 8 Apr 1922 and they had 3 children.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 97 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private (Bearer) S.N. 1344 in the Commonwealth Army Medical Corps (Qld Unit) which embarked at Sydney as the 4th Contingent (Commonwealth) of the NSW Army Medical Corps.

He died from injuries sustained in a collision with a vehicle while riding his bicycle on 9 Jan 1943.

(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 27 & 526; Newspaper reports in links on this profile).

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