Sydney Maurice GILES

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Service Number:	VX130281
Enlisted:	14 January 1943, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 22 November 1915
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Civil Engineer / Draughtsman- Engineering
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 5 April 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Section B. Plot 4. Row F. Grave 9.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Saving Airman Giles Memorial, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument

14 Jan 1943:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX130281
14 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Liverpool, NSW
14 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX130281, 2nd/5th Field Company (Squadron) RAE, Liverpool, NSW
5 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers, Killed in action Bougainville.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Claude Roy and Mary Euphemia Giles, of Kapunda, South Australia.

LOVED ELDEST SON OF C.R. & M.E. GILES OF KAPUNDA, S.A.

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