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VILES, Claude Richard Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4619 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right hand. Transferred to England on 22 August 1916 | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounded to the right shoulder | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Multiple shell wounds. Invalided to England on 3 September 1918 | |
| 8 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Robert Viles and Sarah Ann Viles of Lackey Street, Summer Hill, NSW formerly of Moss Vale, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 1 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1928c Claude married Grace T. Nesbitt in Ashfield, NSW.