MILES, Frederic James
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baptist Minister |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
The following letter was received by the Rev. W. H. Hodge from Chaplain the Rev. F. J. Miles: Near Alexandria (May 1). I was having a little yarn with your Wilfred this morning, and thought I'd snatch time to drop you a line to say that he will be absolutely quite well long before this reaches you. We are carrying over 400 wounded to Alexandria, at which place we should arrive at day break tomorrow (another Sunday). We return to the Gallipoli Peninsula as soon as we have landed these men. Wilfred began to think that he had a charmed, life. A shrapnel dropped some of its contents on his left shoulder, but, being spent, did him no harm. A shot went through his boot, but did not hurt. Then finally he got his bullet wound in his right shoulder. He is as bright and cheery as if he were going to a picnic. Our fellows attempted and achieved a tremendous task, and manifested matchless bravery. ln fact, they knew no fear. You have reason to be proud that your boy was one of the band of heroes whose fame will ring through history in connection with the magnificent landing."
The Argus Friday 11 June 1915 page 7
EVANGELIST'S VISIT
Russian Missionary
Rev. F. J. Miles, general secretary of the Russian Missionary Society In London, " will arrive In Melbourne this morning. He will commence his evangelical campaign in Victoria tills evening by attending the 49th anniversary rally of Kew Baptist Christian Endeavor Society, at which he will be the special speaker. Mr. Miles is a former , president of the Christian Endeavor Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The visitor's engagements tomorrow will include addresses at 11, a.m. at Camberwell Baptist Church, at: 3 p.m. Wesley Pleasant Sunday Afternoon, and in the evening at Collins-street Baptist Church. On Monday evening his evangelical programme will open at the Baptist Church, Collins-street. Mr. Miles will also address meetings In the same building during the lunch hour and in the evening on succeeding days of the week. Other meetings have been arranged in the suburbs and country centres. On Monday, at 3.30 p.m., he will receive a public welcome at the Victoria Palace-Mr.
Miles was a former minister of West Melbourne Baptist Church and a chaplain colonel with the A.I.F. in the war.
The Age Saturday 08 July 1939 page 26
In 1947 residing at 1844 West Monros Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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