MILES, Keith Wentworth
| Service Number: | 2206 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ashfield Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2206, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2206, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Robert Roxborough Miles and Eliza Alice Miles of Coventry Road, Homebush, NSW formerly of Elizabeth Street, Ashfield, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Keith Wentworth MILES (Service Number 2206) was born in 1893 in Marrickville, Sydney. He worked for the NSW Government Railways. On 11th May 1915, he enlisted in the AIF. He was 21 when he enlisted. He embarked at Sydney on 16th June 1915, on HMAT A63 ‘Karoola’.
On 4th August 1915, he joined the 4th Battalion on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Unfortunately, after a very short time in the field, he was reported missing from 6th August. He was found, in a Court of Enquiry held at Flairbax France on 22nd April 1916, to have been killed in action during 6th-9th August 1915.
Accounts state that he took part in the attack at Lone Pine on 6th August, and it is likely he died in this battle. He is commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.
Following his death, his father was sent a scarf and a money belt, which were items that he had in his possession in the field. He was also sent his son’s war medals. He received the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.