William J. Miller, Trooper, “B” Squadron, 1 Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment

[Hanno Spoelstra]

I was saddened to hear about the passing away of William J. Miller, the father of my friend and fellow MLU-er Bill Miller.

Bill Miller Sr. passed away on 14 June 2015, 2 days shy of his 92nd birthday.

Trooper W.J. Miller, L.106880, served in “B” Squadron, 1 Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment and later (after recovering from being wounded in batlle) in 14 RCAR "Calgary Tanks".

I was honoured to have met him several times, both in Holland and Canada. The first time was while we were visiting the Ram Kangaroo memorial at Mill, the Netherlands, back in 2005 (see picture below, on the right). Last time I met him was in May 2014 at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, AB, CDN.

Also see https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...85718511492341, a special entry on the Canadian Kangaroo Regiment Association & Archive facebook page.

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Left to right: Trooper Art Bell (HQ Sqn), Trooper Ed Sawchuk (B Sqn), Trooper Bill Miller,Sr. (B Sqn).
Bill Miller Sr. was the last of these three Kangaroo veterans to pass away....

Rust in vrede, William Miller!

Hanno