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English: John Matthew Miller, Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Son of John Matthew Miller and Fannie (Paddock) Miller, of Wellesley, Mass.; was born at Tacoma, Wash., June 3, 1896. He was educated at the Kent School, Kent, Conn. He enlisted at Boston, Mass., July 23, 1917, and was assigned to the Naval Aviation School, M.I.T. He was subsequently trained at the Naval Air Stations at Hampton Roads, Va.; Pensacola, Fla.; and Rockaway Beach, N.Y. He was commissioned Ensign, March 16, 1918. On the cessation of hostilities he was ordered to inactive service, and on Dec. 15, 1918, was appointed to the Post-Office Department, Aerial Mail Service, as manager of the Philadelphia Field, and later of the Mail Field, at Belmont Park, Queens, N.Y. Ensign Miller comes from a family notable for its military record: one ancestor, Charles Fanning, was at Valley Forge; another, Nathaniel Fanning, was second in command to John Paul Jones, on the Bonhomme Richard; a third, William Bradford Whiting, was on the staff of Commodore Perry in the expedition to Japan, 1854. His family records show that thirty-five members served in the Revolutionary War, fifteen in the War of 1812, thirty-two in the Civil War, and nine in the Great War.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (find matches)
Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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. He enlisted at Boston, Mass., July 23, 1917, and was assigned tothe Naval Aviation School, M.I.T. He was subsequently trained atthe Naval Air Stations at Hampton Roads, Va.; Pensacola, Fla.;and Rockaway Beach, N.Y. He was commissioned Ensign, March 16, 1918. On the cessationof hostilities he was ordered to inactive service, and on Dec. 15,1918, was appointed to the Post-Office Department, Aerial MailService, as manager of the Philadelphia Field, and later of the MailField, at Belmont Park, Queens, N.Y. Ensign Miller comes from a family notable for its military record:one ancestor, Charles Fanning, was at Valley Forge; another, Na-thaniel Fanning, was second in command to John Paul Jones, onthe Bonhomme Richard; a third, William Bradford Whiting, was onthe staff of Commodore Perry in the expedition to Japan, 1854. Hisfamily records show that thirty-five members served in the Revolu-tionary War, fifteen in the War of 1812, thirty-two in the Civil War,and nine in the Great War. ( 352 )
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EDWARD SLOCUM BREWER Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.F. Son of Joseph and Helen (Slocum) Brewer; was born, April 10,1896, at Milton, Mass. He was captain of the football team at Mil-ton Academy in 1914, and graduated in 1915, entering HarvardCollege in the class of 1919. He attended the Plattsburg Training Camp from July 5 toAug. 8, 1916. In March, 1917, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve atthe Charlestown Navy Yard, and was sent to Marblehead with thepatrol fleet. On May 3, 1917, he was transferred to the Naval Avia-tion Service, and was trained at Pensacola, Fla. He was commis-sioned Ensign on Dec. 17, 1917. On Dec. 22 he was ordered toFrance, and arrived in Paris, Jan. 29, 1918; on Feb. 3, he was trans-ferred to London. He was attached to the R.N.A.S. from Feb. 8 to July 13, doingsubmarine patrol work at Westgate, Portland, and Felixstowe. Hewas ordered back to Paris on July 13, and joined the U.S.N.A.S. atSt.-Trojan. From July 28 to Oct. 25 he served as submarine patroland convoy. From Oct. 28

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