Forenames

Robert Thompson AWMM

Surname

Miller AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2573 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

21 Jul 1894 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Joseph Miller (father), Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2573 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Attended King's College 1908-10

Son of Joseph and Alice Miller of Gray Avenue, Mangere Crossing, Otahuhu, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Miller, Gray Avenue, Otahuhu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel AWMM D4 AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.
  Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 14 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21375503
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644928/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644928
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 505
• King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
• Mangere Historical Society: This record was kindly researched by the Mangere Historical Society.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.