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WILES, Ernest Desmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5903 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5903, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5903, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Annie Wiles, of 34, Cambridge Rd., Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England, and the late Ernest Desmond Wiles. Apparently he was born in London but his birth registration is not found.
In the United Kingdom, he is commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and in the Ilford War Memorial Hall.