George Ralph Miller

Forenames

George Ralph AWMM

Surname

Miller AWMM

Service number

77 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

23 Dec 1874 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Henry John Miller, Fernbrook, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Relief of Kimberley AWMM
• Driefontein AWMM
• 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 AWMM Transvaal AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

77 AWMM

Military service

Heretaunga Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  01 Jun 1919 AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM

Enlistment

Cadet/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM
• WW1 Major/Military AWMM Royal Field Artillery AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW2 Home Guard AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Acting Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20522167
  Further Reference

References

• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
• McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.