Hugh Everett MILLER

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MILLER, Hugh Everett

Service Number:	719
Enlisted:	17 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oodla Wirra, South Australia, 27 November 1895
Home Town:	Oodla Wirra, Peterborough, South Australia
Schooling:	Oodlawirra Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Peronne, France, 1 September 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 23, Row K. His name is located at panel 137 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oodla Wirra Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough Uniting Church Porch Memorial Leadlight Window2

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 719, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 719, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
4 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 719, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Wounded in preliminary operations evacuated to the UK
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 719, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 719, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne

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Biography

Born 27 July 1895 in Head of Mannanarie, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 568 Page: 8 District: Cla.)

Father Samuel MILLER and Mother Elizabeth (nee POTTER)
he lived with his parents at Oodla Wirra (near Petersburg - now Peterborough),
South Australia.

Next of kin in service:
Brother     4224 Private (/explore/people/235768)James Hartley Thomas MILLER (/explore/people/235768)
                enlisted in 10th Battalion,
                embarked from Adelaide on 11/1/1916 aboard HMAT Borda for Egypt
                where he was transferred to the 50th Battalion
                10/6/1917 killed in action near Messines, Belgium (34 years)
buried in: no known grave
he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Cousins:
Privates J Albert Thomas POTTER (Killed in action)

Private William E POTTER (killed in action)

Private H C POTTER (killed in action)

3542 Private Henry Hartley McWATERS
31/5/1916 killed in action (19 years)
buried in: Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France

Private W E Smith (killed in action)
first Private to fall in the BOER WAR

Described on enlisting as 20 years 7 months old; single; 5' 9 1/4" tall; 157 lbs;
fresh complexion; hazel eyes; brown hair; Methodist

17/2/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia

7/3/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Hugh to D Company, 43rd Infantry Battalion.
Morphettville Camp

9/6/1916      Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board HMAT A19 Afric
                   as a Private with 11th Infantry Brigade, 43rd Infantry Battalion, D Company,
                   for France
20/7/1916    disembarked into Marseilles, France

proceeded to England for training

25/11/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton

Private Miller joined his unit on the Western Front, France, during late November 1916.

4/7/1917 Gun shot wound to legs, admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing
Station, in the field, near Messines, Belgium

13/7/1917    evacuated to England on board HS St Patrick, ex Boulogne, France
                    for treatment and recuperation before rejoining his battalion near Amiens,
                    France on 1/5/1918.

11/5/1918 rejoined the 43rd Battalion in the field

1/9/1918 killed in action near Perrone, France (23 years old)
buried in: 700 yards north of Allamies

later his body was exhumed and reburied in:
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot 23, Row K

Medals:
British War medal (40643); Victory medal (40228); Memorial Plaque and
Memorial Scroll (351179)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23/4/2015. Lest we forget.

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