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NILES, William Charles
(Service number 68546)

Niles family portrait — The Niles family of Temuka. Pictured are (from left to right):

BACK ROW: HArry, William Charles (father), William Charles [68546]
FRONT ROW: Stanley James (28908), Ellen (mother), Myrtle, Ernie, and Edna (Courtesy of M Johnson )

William Stanley Niles (left) and his brother Harry — Undated, but perhaps of the brothers in cadet or pre-war Territorial / Territorial band uniforms? (Courtesy of M Johnson )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	3 January 1885	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Plasterer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. C. NILES (father), Wilkins Street, Temuka
Religion
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	34th Reinforcements, Oago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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

Plasterer

Death

Date	12 October 1963	Age	78 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 262, Plot 103
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Charles Niles was the son of William Charles and Ellen (née Williams) Niles. He was educated at the Temuka School. On 8 January 1920 at St John's Church, Winchester he married Bessie Philp of Winchester. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 January 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Dunedin City Council) [14 January 2017]

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