Regimental number | 3416 |
Place of birth | Challicum, Buangor |
School | State school, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Soldier |
Address | Geelong East, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 37 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Annie Jane Heyhoe Miles, 3 Loch Street, Geelong East, Victoria |
Previous military service | Instructional Staff; Served as a sergeant for many years in the Australian Garrison Artillery, Geelong; was a staff sergeant major for several years in training camps. (details from father) |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 58th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/75/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 58th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 37 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 37 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row A, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 166 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Jessie MILES; husband of Annie MILES, 20 Fenwick Street, Geelong |
Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: 998 Sergeant Reginald Emerson SIMS, 37th Bn, killed in action, 10 August 1918; Cousin: 3171 Corporal John Richard MILES, 46th Bn, killed in action, 1 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |