MILES, Thomas Robert Harold
| Service Number: | 4864 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yambuk, Victoria, Australia, August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Yambuk, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yambuk State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, Military Hospital at Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 16 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom Row Y, Grave No. 1491, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tyrendarra Enlistments Great War Honour Roll, Yambuk & District Honour Roll, Yambuk District Honor Roll, Yambuk WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4864, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4864, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4864, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4864, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), GSWs chest & back through liver & exhaustion DoW England | |
| 16 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 4864, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4864 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 16th May…… Private Thomas Robert Harold Miles was born in 1894 at Yambuk, Victoria.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th August, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Labourer from Yambuk, Victoria.
Private Thomas Robert Harold Miles, Service number 4864, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 14th March, 1916 with the 14th Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements.
He was marched in to 4th Training Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 15th April, 1916. Private Miles was re-allotted from 4th Training Battalion to 12th Training Battalion as Reinforcements for 46th Battalion.
On 6th May, 1916 he was sent to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital with boils & discharged to duty on 12th May, 1916.
Private Miles embarked from Alexandria on Huntspill on 7th June, 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 14th June, 1916.
He proceeded from Etaples to join his Battalion on 10th September, 1916 & joined 46th Battalion in the field on 11th September, 1916.
On 16th February, 1917 Private Miles sent to Field Ambulance sick with Bronchitis. He was transferred to 7th Field Ambulance on 25th February, 1917 & was discharged to duty on 28th February, 1917. He rejoined his Unit on 2nd March, 1917.
Private Thomas Robert Harold Miles was wounded in action in France on 11th April, 1917. He was taken to 13th Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to abdomen. He was transferred to the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance on 12th April, 1917 with gunshots wounds to chest. Private Miles was transferred to Ambulance Train on 18th April, 1917 & admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne on 19th April, 1917. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship on 29th April, 1917.
He was admitted to Military Hospital at Eastbourne, East Sussex, England on 30th April, 1917 & was reported seriously ill.
Private Thomas Robert Harold Miles died at 7 pm on 16th May, 1917 at Military Hospital, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. A Post Mortem was conducted & the cause of death was from wounds received in action – gunshot wounds to chest & back through liver & Exhaustion.
He was buried in Ocklyne Cemetery, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England where 6 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/eastbourne.html
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