The Australian Boer War Memorial
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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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