FAMILY NAME	MILLER   OBE
Given name 1	Horace  “Horrie” Some sources incorrectly give his name as “Horatio” although it is possible he may have said this himself.
Given name 2 etc	Clive
Date of Birth	30 April 1893 – his father left him in Victoria and moved to WA
Place of Birth	Ballarat Victoria
Date of Death	27 September 1980
Place of Death	Dalkeith, Western Australia
Place of Burial	Ashes at Broome Cemetery WA
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)
Lived in Prospect Council Area (Dates)	1930 to 1936 In 1937 address given as Parafield aerodrome
Addresses in Prospect Council Area	51 Alpha Street Prospect
Lived outside Prospect Council area (Dates)
Addresses outside Prospect Council Area	Victoria and Nedlands, Western Australia, Went to England 1913 after his father died and left him some money. Returned to Australia at start of WW1 In Ballarat, Vic at enlistment.
Names of houses (if any)
Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)	Father - John Pettigrew MILLER b    d 1913   Mother - Mary Ann HURLEY b   d 1893 (six months after Horrie’s birth.
Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)	1. Jean Auburn KNOX b 17 Nov 1909 Gawler South Aust Daughter of Henry Read KNOX and Euphemia WILLIAMS Divorced 13 Jul 1937 on the grounds of his misconduct with an unknown woman.   2. Mary Gertrude DURACK b 20 Feb 1913 Adelaide d 16 Dec 1994 Perth WA. Daughter of Michael Patrick DURACK and Bessie Ida Muriel JOHNSTONE – 2nd of 6 children.
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	1. 31 May 1934   2. 2nd  December 1938
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	1. at Adelaide Registry Office   2.  A surprise quiet wedding in the Melbourne Registry Office after which they returned to Adelaide and honeymooned on KI. A big Catholic wedding which her family would have wanted for her was not possible because Horrie was divorced.
Children - names and dates of birth/death if known	Possibly had a daughter from 1st marriage   2nd marriage  Patsy Miller b Aug 1939 - wrote under the name  Patsy MILLETT Robin Miller b 8 Sept 1940 Perth  Julie Miller b July 1942  d 1969 Andy Miller b Aug 1944 Marie Rose Miller b Oct 1949 Johnnie Miller b June 1955
Education
Occupation(s)	His father arranged an apprenticeship in engineering
Interests/Activities	Aviation
Religion/Churches
Local Government experience (if any)
Notes (points of interest etc.)	Tried to enlist in Royal Flying Corp in UK when WW1 broke out. Returned to Australia. Enlisted in Ballarat and embarked October 1916 with No2 Squadron Aust Flying Corp. Served in France.   Later joined  Royal Australian Flying Corp in 1921 for 2 years   In the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 1978 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, for services to aviation   Awarded the Oswald Watt Gold Medal  for excellence in the promotion of Australian aviation in 1984.   Horace Clive Miller, of Parafield, aviator, was fined £2 19/6 for having left his motor car on North terrace, Adelaide, for a longer period than 30 minutes on June 27 1928   A road at Perth International Airport is named Horrie Miller Drive.   Dame Mary Durack AC, DBE was an internationally famous author, artist and poet  in her own right. A huge amount of information is available online.
Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children	Horrie possibly had a sister Annie     1st wife -Jean KNOX had two sisters Irene Jessey b 1900 St Peters Ellen Euphemia b 1905 Medindie   A huge amount of information about the pioneering DURACK family from the WA Kimberley region can be found online.    Mary’s sister Elizabeth “Betty” Durack was also a noted artist.   Daughter Robin MILLER Author of Sugarbird Lady about her work with the flying doctor service Married Dr Harold DICKS Died aged 35 of cancer
Sources of information	BMDs, Trove, SA Aviation Museum website, National Archives, Sydney Morning Herald,  Publication True North Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack.
Principal Researcher(s)	Lesley Attema PLHG