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David Millar

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Pte David Millar

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 16.03.1915
  • Place of enlistment: New Westminster, British Columbia
  • Service no: 428601
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Messines, Belgium
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 26.09.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Birks Cemetery Extension
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: III.B.8

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 21.10.1893
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Teamster
  • Mother:

    Margaret Millar, 1429 11th Ave East,Vancouver

  • Father:

    David Millar, 1429 11th Ave East, Vancouver

  • Siblings:

    Christina, Mary, Jessie Alice, Andrew, William

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David Millar

David is recorded as Millar on Canadian records but Miller of the C.W.G.C. his 2 brothers are recorded as Miller

At the time David enlisted, his parents were residing at 5 Glebe St, Dundee. David had 2 brothers who also served during the Great War, they were, Pte Andrew Miller 2075608, of the 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action 08/08/1919 and Pte William Miller 75837, of the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.

For more information on David, visit, David’s Memorial also David’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are also references to David in the Dundee Courier 06/10/1915 page 4, available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown David Millar is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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