KNUBLEY, Miles Alfred
(Service number 21/15)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Bombardier |
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Birth
| Date | 21 December 1878 | Place of Birth | Timaru, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | P.O. Box96, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Bank of NSW, Lautoka, Fiji | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | M. J. Knubley (father), Solicitor, Timaru, New Zealnd | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Army Pay Department | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua, or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 October 1916 | Age | 37 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library); Timaru Cenotaph; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Miles Alfred (known as Alfred)Knubley was the son of Miles Jefferson (1851-1938) and Harriet Henryetta Knubley (nee Clissold, 1853-1914) of Timaru, New Zealand.
Prioir to enlisting Alfred was managing the Bank of NSW at Lautoka, Fiji, but was granted leave by the bak to return home to enlist.Alfred served until 1916, when he died of wounds recieved in action in France.
A trsnscript of Alfeed's letters, produced by his family, is held by the South Canterbruy Museum.
Sources
Cenotaph database (October 2014); rootsweb.ancestry.com; "Alfred's War Letters : 13-04-1915 to 24-04-1916" (South Canterbury Musaeum 2017/143.01)
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Researched and Written by
Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG; Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum
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