[Editor’s note:  the collection is currently being uploaded and may be incomplete at this time]

Private Frank Philip Miller was born in Newcastle, England on November 13, 1882.

Miller enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba on December 20, 1915 with the 101st Overseas Battalion (The Winnipeg Light Infantry) and proceeded overseas from Halifax aboard the SS Olympic June 29, 1916 and disembarked in England on July 5th.  In England Miller was sent to the 17th Reserve Battalion and then sent to France in August of 1916 where he was attached to the 43rd Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Canada).  Miller returned to Canada in early 1919 and was discharged in Winnipeg on April 15, 1919.

Content notes:
The collection consists of a memoir written by Miller in two notebooks, apparently on one day on February 30, 1930, at the suggestion of his doctor at the Shaughnessy Veterans Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.  While not indicating exactly the reason, it seems from the opening of the memoir it was done as a therapeutic suggestion to deal with possible war related trauma.  His time frame is often vague, although the leave in Paris he describes does coincide with the ten day leave beginning August 4, 1917 noted in his service file.

Individuals identified in the memoir:
Mason – would be Arthur Mason 700373 who enlisted Dec 21st and Miller on the 20th  with the 101st Battalion and later transferred to the 43rd Battalion with Miller.

Colonel Dan McLean – refers to Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel McLean who raised the original 101st Battalion in Winnipeg and served as it’s commander overseas.

Colonel Grassy – refers to Lieutenant-Colonel William Grassie D.S.O.

Colonel Sharp of the 116th Battalion – refers to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Simpson Sharpe of the 116th Battalion, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the D.S.O.

External link:
Private Frank Miller’s service record (Serv/Reg# 700358) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.

[Editor’s note:  Transcription provided by donor]