Percy James Miller (1897 - 1918)

Born 1897 in New Zealand

Died 1 Oct 1918 at about age 21 in Le Cateau, Nord, France

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Biography

Percy was born in 1897. He is the son of Robert Miller.

Sources

• NZ BDM- Birth 1897/16347 Miller Percy James Mary Elizabeth Robert Thomas

http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C10751?p=3&w=World%20War%20I%2C%201914-1918&n=miller&ordinal=47&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch

James Miller was the son of Robert Miller, of Kingsley St., Richmond, Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Elizabeth Miller. Baker Next of kin on embarkation - Miss L.E. Miller (sister), Kalmarna Avenue, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand Embarkation details WW1 2 May 1918, Balmoral Castle 2 May 1918, Vessel was Balmoral Castle, Private, 36th Reinforcements, D Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

World War I, 1914-1918 Armed force / branch - Army Service number - 68003 Death 1 October 1918 Age 21 - Le Cateau, France Cause of death - Killed in Action Cemetery - Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France III. B. 14.

Annecdotal evidence - a returned serviceman in Auckland recognised the family resemblance in his brother and advised that he died "without a mark on him" - so very close to the end of the war.