Lancelot Miller joined the NZ Rifle Brigade in October, 1915. He served in Egypt and on the Western Front. He was hospitalised with influenza in October, 1918.
MILITARY FUNERAL.
The Friends of the late 26/593 Rifleman LANCELOT DOUGLAS MILLER (and Family) are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the Dunedin Hospital (Cumberland street entrance) on SATURDAY, the 22nd inst., at 1 p.m., for the Anderson's Bay Cemetery.
HOPE & KINASTON, Undertakers, 36 St. Andrew street. -Otago Daily Times, 20/2/1919.
PERSONALIA
Advice has been received from Medser, Dunedin, that Rifleman Lancelot Douglas Miller, a discharged soldier, died at the Dunedin Hospital on Thursday, February 20th. He was thirty years of age, and single, his next-of-kin being his brother, William James Miller. Orchard Leigh, Main road, Green Island. -NZ Times, 22/2/1919.
PERSONALIA
Advice has been received from Medser, Dunedin, that Rifleman Lancelot Douglas Miller, a discharged soldier, died at the Dunedin Hospital on Thursday, February 20th. He was thirty years of age, and single, his next-of-kin being his brother, William James Miller. Orchard Leigh, Main road, Green Island. -NZ Times, 22/2/1919.
The remains of the late Rifleman Lancelot Douglas Miller, who died in the Hospital on Wednesday, were accorded a military burial at the Anderson's Bay Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Captain McCormack represented the local military authorities, and the firing party was supplied by the Returned Soldiers' Association. The Rev. Mr R. R. Sutherland conducted the service at the grave. The deceased soldier was the youngest son of the late Mr J. C. and Mrs Annie Miller, of Tomahawk. -Otago Daily Times, 24/2/1919.
The cause of death in Miller's army records is listed as influenza. He made his will in hospital about a month before he died.
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| Andersons Bay Cemetery, DCC photo. |
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