Joseph Campbell MCMILES

MCMILES, Joseph Campbell

    Service Number: 4711
    Enlisted: 16 January 1916, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, 1886
    Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Teacher
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 29 November 1916
    Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
    Block O, Row 111, Row O, Grave 1, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bega District School WW1 Roll of Honor, Liverpool J H Edmondson VC Memorial Clock, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    13 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4711, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4711, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    29 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4711, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4711 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-29
    Date unknown: Involvement 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    18 Battalion

    Rank - Private

    11 September 1916 Marched into Etaples from England

    30 September 1916 - Joined Battalion

    26 NOvember 1916 - Wounded in action - right arm, fractured

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Son of Joseph and Elizabeth McMiles, of "Renfrew," Sunbeam Avenue, Burwood, New South Wales. Native of Liverpool, New South Wales.

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