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MILES, James William Yexley
(Service number 2/3044)

Aliases
First Rank	Driver	Last Rank

Birth

Date	6 April 1896	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	149 Thorndon Quay, Wellington
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	A. C. MILES (brother), Makikihi, Canterbury
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	11th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery, No. 6 Howitzer Battery
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tagiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

June 1917 reported to be slowly improving.

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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James William Yexley was the younger son of James Battley and Elizabeth Ann (née Lake) Miles. He was educated at Temuka and Gore schools.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 May 2017]; Timaru Herald, 14 June 1917 (Papers Past) [13 Decmber 2015]

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