Horrie Miller (aviator)

Horrie Miller (aviator)

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name = Horrie Miller


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birth_date = 30 April, 1893
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death_date = 1980
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Horace Clive "Horrie" Miller OBE was a pioneer aviator and airline operator in Western Australia, and founder of MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA).

Early life

Enlisted with the Australian Army in 1916, graduated as a pilot in the Australian Flying Corps on the 14th May 1917 attaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.

References

* "Access road to new International Airport to be named Horrie Miller Drive in honour of WA pioneer aviator" The West Australian, 1 Dec. 1984, p.40
* Dunn, Frank, (1984) "Speck in the sky : a history of Airlines of Western Australia" Perth, W.A: Airlines of W.A ISBN 0959082301
* Lewis, Julie (1987) "Interview with Dunbar Hooper, and Horrie Miller" (reference to Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975 and WA Airways ) Battye Library Oral History transcript
* Miller, Horace Clive (Horrie) (1968 or 1976) "Early birds : magnificent men of Australian aviation between the wars" Adelaide : Rigby, Series Seal books ISBN 0727001353
* Court, Charles, Sir, (1995) "Horace Clive Miller ("Horrie Miller"), 1893-1980 : from barnstorming joyrides to boardrooms / an address by Sir Charles Court in presenting the 1995 Sir Norman Brearley oration at W.A. Club, Perth, W.A. on 23rd August 1995". Perth, W.A.: Civil Aviation Historical Society (W.A. Division), 1995.
* National Archives of Australia World War I [http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/defence/conflicts/ww1/ww1.html|service records search] accessed 7th July 2007

ee also

* West Australian Airways


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