Lionel Finch MILES

Regimental number24/1124
OccupationUpholsterer
Next of kinFather, T J Miles, 11 Glasgow Street, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
D Company, 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, embarked on board five ships: HMNZT 'Mauganui', HMNZT 31 'Tahiti', HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 12), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas John and Susan Helena Miles, 258A High Street, Dunedin. Native of Lawrence, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name entered incorrectly on Nominal Roll as French.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 9

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