Matthew Francis MILLER

MILLER, Matthew Francis

Service Number: PM4284
Enlisted: 19 February 1942
Last Rank: Steward
Last Unit: HMAS Shropshire
Born: North Melbourne, Victoria, 6 July 1922
Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Railway Accident, Higham, Kent, England, 26 June 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, England
Naval Reservation. Grave 183. R.C., Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

19 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM4284, HMAS Shropshire
26 Jun 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Steward, PM4284, HMAS Shropshire

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 20 and the son of Francis Alfred and Eileen Miller, of North Essendon, Victoria, Australia.

Headstone Inscription: WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE, LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He died of a fractured skull and lacerations of the brain caused by falling from a moving train onto the railway line in the Southern Railway tunnel at Higham in Kent.

The death certificate shows him as a resident of 30 Cranwell Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria.