South African Military History Society

Lieutenant Colonel Allister Miller, DSO, OBE


Photo: Franco Cilliers

Location
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
North End Cemetery, Paterson Road, Port Elizabeth
GPS 33 deg 55 min 30.2 sec S, 25 deg 36 min 34 sec E

Significance
Lieutenant Colonel Allister Miller was a South African aviation pioneer, who contributed significantly to both military and civil aviation in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century


Photo: Franco Cilliers

His gravestone is inscribed
LT COL ALLISTER
MACKINTOSH MILLER
DSO OBE
10 10 1892 - 14 10 1951

AND HIS WIFE MARION MERCY
12 1 1892 - 1 3 1951

ALSO THEIR SON
LT ALLISTER M MILLER DFC
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 
15 1 1923 - 26 2 1943


Photo: Franco Cilliers

Further reading
They Mounted up as Eagles by Major D.P. Tidy

Lt Miller is on the King Edward VII School Roll of Honour,
From Playing Field to Parade Ground: The Record of King Edward VII School by P.K.A. Digby

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