Ralph GILES

Regimental number12/1637
Date of birth11 December 1874
Place of birthMalpas, South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGardener
AddressTe Whare, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 7.75"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, William Charles Giles, Tymawa, Pontymister, South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Pontymister Mounted Rifles Regiment, South Wales.
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Place of enlistmentHamilton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Charles and Ann Giles, Manor House, Risca, Newport, Monmouthshire, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at the Dardanelles, 8 May 1915.

Appointed Acting Corporal, Anzac, 1 July 1915.

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16786175

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