Horatio Clive (Horrie) Miller OBE (30 April 1893 – 27 September 1980) was a pioneering Australian aviator and co-founder of MacRobertson Miller Airlines.
Early life
Miller was born on 30 April 1893 in Ballarat, Victoria. He was the younger of two children born to Mary Ann (née Hurley) and John Pettigrew Miller.[1]
Miller's Irish-born mother died of typhoid when he was an infant. He and his older sister were raised by their father, a clerk. He left school at a young age and moved to Melbourne, working various menial jobs before joining the Sunshine Harvester Works as an apprentice. During this time he became interested in aviation and built his first model aircraft.[1]
Aviation career
After completing his apprenticeship at Sunshine, Miller joined the Tarrant Motor Company where he became acquainted with fellow aviation pioneers