GILES, Robert
(Service number 47323)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 April 1882 | Place of Birth | Ireland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs F. GILES (mother), Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland; Mr Joseph WHARTON (cousin), Rangitata, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 March 1943 | Age | 59 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert Giles was the son of Frank and Eliza Giles. He may well have been a scholar, at home at Tonreagh, County Kerry, Ireland, with his mother and a brother in 1901. He came to New Zealand in about 1907 and seems to have spent all his time in the Geraldine area.He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 March 2018]; Ireland 1901 census record (ancestry.com.au) [19 March 2018]; Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [20 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]
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