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Mother: Caroline Miller. nee:.
Private Robert Miller who enlisted on 3rd of March 1916 with the 1st Reinforcements, 33rd
Infantry Battalion and left Sydney on board HMAT A74 "Marathon" on the 4th of May 1916 and
disembarked at Plymouth, England on the 9th of July 1916. Robert was marched to the 9th Training
Battalion before being attatched to the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron on the 10th of March 1917.
Robert proceeded overseas for Framce via Folkestone on the 30th of March and was Taken on in Strength
with the 2nd Anzac Army Wireless Company on the 7th of May 1917. Robert was
Wounded in Action on the 6th of July receiving a Gun-Shot Wound
to his Right Leg and Knee and his Left Arm. He was treated by the Australian Field
Ambulance before being transfered to the Casualty Clearing Station for evacuation back to England
on the 16th of July.
Robert was admitted to the 1st Auxillary Hospital and after being treated for his wound he was
discharged on the 11th of September and nearly 2 weeks later granted a furlo from the 26th of
September until the 10th of October, after which time he was ordered to report to the No: 2
Command Depot. but robert was Charged with being Absent Without Leave
from the 30th of November until the 1st of December 1917. However Robert returned
to Australia on 21st of December 1917, due to his wounds but wasn't discharged unti the 21st of
May 1918 as Medically Unfit for Active or Home Service.
Robert was a single 20 year old Motor Driver from Gallori Street, Warialda, N.S.W upon enlistment.
His father and mother lived at "Yallaroi Station" Warialda. After the war Robert moved to
Tamworth, N.S.W. until the 1st of Mach 1938 when he moved to 2 Rosemont Stree, Punchbowl, Sydney,
N.S.W.
Real photo postcard, F/G cond, some corner damage, slightly sepia. The photo is fairly typical
of tens of thousands of similar ones taken during the First World War of a digger in uniform
posing for the camera.
In late 1915 the Australian Government were requested to assist the activities of the British Expeditionary Force in
Mesopotamia (now Iraq) by proving Army signallers. By the end of the war, some 558 Australians served with the 14 squadrons
in this little known theatre performing extremely valuable service in the provision of vital communications. The squadrons
were completely mobile with men serving as either drivers or operators.
Photo od Robert Miller was acquired in February 2008 and is now in the collection.
(Australian National Archives)
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