ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

MILLER, James

Full Name: James

MILLER

Date of Birth: 10

–

1886

Place of birth: Harrietville VIC

Australia

Occupation: Miner

Address: Forrest Street Collie WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Isabella Miller

Next of Kin Address: Forrest Street Collie WA

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 456

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-10

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-11-02

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1914-11-26

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, FRANCE

Age at Death: 29

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France – No Known Grave

22/08/1914- To 11th Battalion 3rd Infantry Brigade as Private
2/03/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
19/05/1915- Wounded in Action Gallipoli
6/09/1915- Admitted 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station Gallipoli ( Debility )
11/09/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 1st Australian General Hospital Heliopolis ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
16/09/1915- To Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Hospital Helouan Egypt
19/09/1915- Discharged to Duty Helouan
30/09/1915- Admitted Mena House Hospital Cairo Egypt ( Debility )
21/10/1915- To Montezah Hospital Alexandria
25/10/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt to rejoin Battalion Mudros Lemnos
19/11/1915- To Sarpi Camp Mudros
6/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros
29/02/1916- Transferred 51st Battalion in the field Serapeum Egypt
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
14/08/1916- KILLED IN ACTION Pozieres,  France.

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star No. 5021

British War Medal No. 4117

Victory Medal No. 4117

Memorial Plaque/Scroll No. 317054.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Collie War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT Panel No. 153

Villers-Brettoneux War Memorial France.