Andrew Reid MILLER

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MILLER, Andrew Reid

Service Number:	97
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 March 1879
Home Town:	Spring Hill, 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, 97, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 97, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 97, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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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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