MILLER, Thomas
| Service Number: | 429 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1870, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tiaro Cemetery, Qld Plot: 9 |
| Memorials: | Tiaro Shire Boer War Honour Roll, Tiaro War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 429, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 429, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 429, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Thomas Miller enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as L. Miller, P. O., Tiaro. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his father Louis Miller. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 95, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Mr. L. Miller, Tiaro, North Coast Line.
Thomas Miller was born about 1870, a son to Louis Miller and Martha Harriet Miller (nee Evans). When he passed at the age of 83 in Jul 1953 he was living at Tinana and was recorded as a retired farmer formerly of Tiaro.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Pybooks, Bk 3 p. 95).
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