MILES, Alfred
| Service Number: | 4530 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barrow-In-Furness Lanchashire England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France Pozieres, Somme Sector, , 6 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4530, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4530, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zac Miles
Alfred Miles was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England but grew up in Wollongong, Australia. He worked as a labourer before enrolling with the AIF for the Great War. Miles also had a brother, James Miles, who joined the army and both brothers listed their father, F. Miles as their next of kin.
Miles enlisted for the war at Kembla Heights, Wollongong, NSW, and embarked on the R.M.S Osterly from Sydney on the 15th January, 1916.
Miles was killed in action on the 6th of November 1916 in Pozieres, Somme Sector, France. He was only 23 years old when he passed and is buried at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
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