Informal outdoor portrait of NX124 Captain James Miller. A hospital attendant at Callan Park ...

Accession Number P10831.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1939 - March 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal outdoor portrait of NX124 Captain James Miller. A hospital attendant at Callan Park Asylum in Sydney, NSW, prior to enlistment on 25 October 1939, he embarked with the rank of Captain with 2/31 Battalion aboard the SS Strathollow. He was promoted to Major on 21 March 1941 and to Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) on 5 November 1942. Lt Col Miller died of illness in New Guinea on 14 December 1942. He was 38 years old.