ILES, James
| Service Numbers: | 30426, V17034 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Motor vehicle accident, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia, 12 December 1944, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wangaratta Cemetery, Victoria Q D 13, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30426, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30426, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30426, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 30426, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW to right shin/thigh | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 30426, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, V17034 | |
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| 2 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V17034 | |
| 2 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V17034 |
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From On This Day - Australian Military History
We Remember Sergeant James Iles
Today we pause to remember the life and service of 30426 Sergeant James Iles, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident on the 12th of December 1944.
Originally from South Yarra, Victoria, James worked as a salesman before enlisting on the 8th of June 1916. He embarked from Melbourne as an Acting Sergeant with the 22nd Reinforcements on HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916. He reverted to his permanent rank of Gunner on 14 June 1917. He was wounded twice in France: on 22 May 1918 he was injured in the ankle, and on 6 October 1918 he was wounded in the thigh and was invalided to the United Kingdom. He embarked for Australia on 10 April 1919.
On 2 July 1941, by which time he was living in Black Rock, Vic., and working as a commercial traveller, he enlisted again at Royal Park, Vic., and was given service number V17034. While serving as a Sergeant in the Australian Army Pay Corps, attached to 23 Gunnery Battery, he was accidentally killed in Australia, on 12 December 1944, at the age of 47.
Lest we forget.
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