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SHAILES, Charles
(Service number 78272)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 1 December 1897 Place of Birth Purton, Wiltshire, England

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Strathconan, Fairlie
Occupation Farm hand
Previous Military Experience 2nd South Canterbury - still serving
Marital Status
Next of Kin Miss M. SHAILES (sister), Walton-on-Thames, England; Mr F. Scarland (friend), Strathconan, Fairlie
Religion Church of England
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 39th Reinforcements, C Company
Date 13 June 1918
Transport Athenic
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Infantry

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

Storekeeper

Death

Date 1 October 1971 Age 73 years
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 144, Plot 749
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Shailes was born on 1 December 1897 at Purton, Wiltshire, England, the second son of Job and Emma (née Garlick) Shailes. Charles was at home with his family at Purton in 1901. By 1911 14-year-old Charles was a boarder at Purton, working on a farm. He was orphaned before the age of ten, his father having died in 1904 and his mother in 1906.

Charles Shailes was a farm hand at Strathconan, Fairlie, when he enlisted, naming his sister as next-of-kin – Miss M. Shailes, Walton-on-Thames, England. This would appear to be Mary Ann (Annie), who married in August 1917 at Walton-on-Thames. He also named a friend at Strathconan – Mr F. Scarland. He was already serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment. Private C. Shailes embarked with the 39thy Reinforcements per the “Athenic” on 13 June 1918. C. Shailes, 78272, of Fairlie, returned to New Zealand by the “Cordoba” which was expected at Wellington on 30 August 1919.

Charles married Linnie Annie Rachell Hannigan in 1923 at St Mary’s Church, Timaru. On enlisting for World War Two, Charles was residing at 41 James Street, Timaru, and named his wife, Linnie R. A. Shailes, as next-of-kin. He died on 1 October 1971 at Timaru, aged 73. He was survived by Linnie who died in 1988, and three children. Charles and Linnie are buried in the Timaru Cemetery, their plot marked by a memorial stone to both and a services plaque for Charles.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 August 2021]; 1901, 1911 England census returns (ancestry.com.au) [07 August 2021]; Free BDM [08 August 2021]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [08 August 2021]; NZ Times, 12 August 1919 (Papers Past) [07 August 2021]

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