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Private Oliver Miller

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Oliver (aka Dusty) Francis Miller

Ancestor's date of birth: 01/1872

Ancestor's date of death: 1966

Cause of Death: Not stated. Died at war veterans' home Narrabeen.

Service Number: 3383

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: NSW Army Medical Corps

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 28/10/1914

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 01/01/19

Murray Page: 25

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Custodian or Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 17/03/1901

Memorial details: Buried at Woronora Cemetery Sydney lot # 262 or 263

Decorations: Queen's South African Medal with clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901 and S.A. 1902. Received war medals in Wagga Wagga in 1910.

Personal Characteristics: Blacksmith by trade. Height: 187 cm, weight: 76 kg (1914), fair hair, blue eyes, fair complexion.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in west then east Transvaal.

Service and life after the Boer War: Married Avril, had two sons James and Oliver, worked in Sydney as a Blacksmith and Electricial Fitter. Joined the AIF 28 October 1914. Served with the 1st Mobile Veterinary Unit and 3rd Australian General Hospital. Discharged 16 May 1917 (medical grounds).

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Edward West, Penrith NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

 


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