GILES, John Alexander
| Service Number: | 21959 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 21959, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 21959, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Driver Howitzer Brigade 23, Battery 107
Mother, Mrs M A Giles, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland
Enlistment date-10 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-4 January 1916
Place of enlistment-Melbourne, Victoria
Age at embarkation 21
AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/133/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Unit from Nominal Roll-7th Field Artillery Brigade
War service: Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 20 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916. Proceeded to France through Southampton with 23rd Field Artillery Brigade, 31 December 1916. Transferred to 7th Field Artillery Brigade and taken on strength, 6 January 1917; proceeded on leave to England, 13 July 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 30 July 1918.
Wounded in action, 15 September 1918 (remained at duty); moved in from the field, 5 March 1919. Embarked Havre and proceeded to England, 17 March 1919; disembarked Weymouth, 18 March 1919, and marched into 2nd Training Brigade, Codford.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Sydney', 22 September 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 12 November 1919. Discharged Melbourne, 4 January 1920.
Sources
NAA: B2455, GILES John Alexander
John is remembered on the Roll of Honour in St Mary’s Church, High Street, Killarney.
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