George Edward MILLER

MILLER, George Edward

Service Numbers: NX160363, NX160363
Enlisted: 16 December 1942
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Alexandria, New South Wales, 11 September 1917
Home Town: Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boilermaker & Mechanic
Died: St George Private Hospital, Kogarah NSW, 29 March 1999, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Henry Kendall Gardens - Rose Garden 7 (Woronora Cemetery) He also has a plaque at Rookwood Garden of Remembrance, Wall 33, panel H (Rookwood Cemetery)
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World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1942: Enlisted Private, NX160363
16 Dec 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX160363
31 Oct 1946: Discharged Staff Sergeant, NX160363
31 Oct 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX160363

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Edward MILLER was born on 11th Sept. 1917 in Alexandria, Sydney

His parents were James Lawrence MILLER and Margaret Ellen SLATTERY

George had two brothers - Melville James Matthew MILLER  b. 1913 d. 2003 who did not serve in WW2 but his other brother Herbert Lawrence MILLER (SN262583) died on the Kokoda Trail on 7th Dec. 1942

He joined the Army & attended Duntroon before joining the Corp of the Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers ( A.E.M.E) where he was a Staff Sergeant - He enlisted in Mataranka in the Northern Territory on 16th December, 1942

He was in charge of building airstrips in the Northern Territory and Islands to the north in advance of aircraft & troops, putting in roads & setting up camps.  He was also in Darwin when it was bombed and sustained a knee injury which plagued him for the rest of his life when he was thrown up against a wall.

George married Dorothy Joyce PANNELL on 8th November, 1948 in Ashfield and had 2 daughters

His posting at discharge on 31st October, 1946 was with the 10th Australian Advanced Ordnance Workshops

George died on 29th March, 1999 at St George Private Hospital, Kogarah

 

 

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