Eric Gordon Miles

Lance Sergeant

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

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

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

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NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Information reached Timaru yesterday, that Sergeant E. G. Miles (main body) had been killed in action on August 7. The late Sergeant Miles, who was 23 years of age, was the eldest son of Mr H. N. Miles, of Christchurch, and the nephew of Mr Thomas Buxton, of Timaru. Sergeant Miles was known to a good many people in Ashburton." [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8229, 28 August 1915, Page 5]

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Casualty

Service Number:

6/506

Name:

Eric Gordon Miles

Rank:

Lance Sergeant

Date of Birth:

06 June 1892

Place of Birth:

Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

H M Miles (father), 54 Office Road, St Albans, Christchurch

Religion:

Methodist

Date of Enlistment:

11 August 1914

Locality on Enlistment:

54 Office Road, St Albans, Christchurch

Place of Enlistment:

Timaru, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Clerk

Employer:

Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Association, Christchurch

Unit:

NZEF, New Zealand and Australian Division, New Zealand Infantry Brigade, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 2 (South Canterbury) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

07 August 1915

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Main Body

Embarkation Place:

Lyttelton, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

16 October 1914

Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11

Vessel:

Tahiti or Athenic

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Cemetery Location:

Turkey