He was born on 5 April 1876 in Waltham St Lawrence in Berkshire, England, the son of Leonard Micklem of Abbot's Mead in Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Dora Emily Weguelin. He was the half-brother of both Commander Sir Robert Micklem and Brigadier-General John Micklem DSO MC.
In 1932 he married a school teacher, Evelyn Murial Auriac (1907–2010), in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Sermon at the consecration of J. O. Feetham as bishop (North Queensland) in Brisbane Cathedral, April 1911[6]
Sermon at the opening of the Diocesan Synod in Brisbane Cathedral 1911; repeated verbatim at the opening of Sydney Synod in 1922 (text is in the Sydney Diocesan Year Book, either 1922 or 1923)[6]
St Matthew Westminster Commentaries, Methuen, 1917[7]'
Social unity and the teaching of the New Testament 15 July 1918.[8]
Principles of church organization: with special reference to the Church of England in Australia, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1921.[9]
Spiritual healing prepared on behalf of the Select Committee appointed by the Diocese of Sydney. 1921?[10]
Values of the Incarnation, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New York: Macmillan, 1932.[11]
Australia's first bishop: a brief memoir of William Grant Broughton, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936.[12]
Sermon in St. Andrew's Cathedral, April 1937 at a University Service[6]