Studio portrait of 3547 Private (Pte) Alexander Miller 27th Battalion, of Port Pirie, SA. A ...

Accession Number P07696.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3547 Private (Pte) Alexander Miller 27th Battalion, of Port Pirie, SA. A clerk prior to enlistment, Pte Miller embarked on aboard HMAT Borda (A30) on 12 January 1916. He was transferred to the 10th Battalion in February 1916 and promoted to corporal in May 1917. Corporal Miller was fatally wounded in action at Crepy Wood near Lihons, France, on 11 August 1918. He was 25 years of age.