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Alexander MILLER

Regimental number3547
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie West Public School, South Australia
Other trainingAccountancy
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o T Morgan, Port Pirie, South Australia
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Miller, c/o T Morgan, Port Pirie, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingnear Lihons, France
Age at death25.8
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRosieres Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Emily MILLER
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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