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George Edward GILES

Regimental number5368
Place of birthBuckingham, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGrenfell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, W W Giles, Melyra Street, Grenfell, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A4 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 September 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be George Edwin Giles on NR
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death28
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot Viii, Row B, Grave No. 66), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5369 Lance Corporal Victor GILES, 54th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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