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MILES, Eric Gordon
(Service number 6/506)

Sergeant E G Miles — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Sergeant.	Last Rank	Lance Sergeant

Birth

Date	06/06/1892	Place of Birth	Temuka, NZ.

Enlistment Information

Date	11August 1914	Age	22 years.
Address at Enlistment	54 Office Road, Christchurch, NZ,
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment of Territorials.
Marital Status	Single.
Next of Kin	H.M. Miles, 54 Office Road, Christchurch, NZ.
Religion	Methodist.
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army.
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion.
Date	16 October 1914.
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic.
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ.	Destination	Suez, Egypt.

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion.

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 August 1915	Age	23 years.
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey.
Cause	Killed in Action.
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Memorial Reference	Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial. Panel 12.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial, and Ashburton War Memorial.

Biographical Notes

Son of Henry Martyn Miles and Florence Annie Miles, of 54 Office Road, Christchurch. Native of Temuka.

Sources

Cenotaph

External Links

Researched and Written by

Lesley Tennent (SC branch NZSG)

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