Private Thomas Evandale Miller
Number: 11311
Company: 61st (South Irish Horse) Company (Dublin), attached to Staff establishment 17th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 1 February 1900
Place: Newbridge
Age: 30 years
Trade of calling: Gardener
Place of birth: In the Parish of __, near the Town of __, in the County of Leitrim
Family: Father Thomas Miller, gardener, mother Comfort Miller (nee Case).
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 6 3/4". Complexion fair, eyes grey, hair fair.
Religion: Other Protestant
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 6 April 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal; Rhodesia clasp
DEATH
Date: 5/6/7 February 1901
Place: De Aar
Cause: Enteric fever/ rheumatic fever
Buried/ commemorated: De Aar Old Cemetery grave 99/ De Aar Old Cemetery Memorial, and on a family headstone in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
It is with the most sincere regret I announce the death of Thomas Evandale Millar [sic], for many years one of the foremost gymnasts in Dublin. The sad event took place on February 7th at De Aar, Cape Colony, the cause of death being enteric fever. When the call for volunteers was raised Tom Millar was one of the first to respond, and as a Trooper in the 61st Company Imperial Yeomanry he had during the past 12 months seen much active service. His early return home was eagerly anticipated by his relative; but was not to be, and he now lies in a far off grave in the land which has already claimed as a victim the light-hearted Jim Stone, late Sackville Hall Gymnasium. To his relatives I offer my sincere condolence in their sad bereavement. Personally I have lost a highly-esteemed friend. (Columnist 'Huckleberry Finn' in The Weekly Irish Times, 16 February 1901.)
Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin
Image 1 sourced from the Find a Grave site. Image 2 sourced from the Irish Genealogical Project site.
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