Miles Harold Gedye

Forenames

Miles Harold AWMM

Surname

Gedye AWMM

Service number

3205 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1906 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Thomas James Gedye and Dagman Martha Melville Gedye, of Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Topuni, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs D. Gedye (mother), Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

3205 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

• Son of Dagmah Martha Melville and Thomas James Gedye of Gisborne. AWMM
• Brother of Ivan Eric Tansley Gedye 63334
  Brother of Sargent Jack Raymond Gedye NZ Police
  Brother of Mavis Davidson (Nee Gedye) QSM
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Death

25 May 1941 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Date of death

25 May 1941

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Place of death

Gatator

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Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Killed in Action
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Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. D. 11 AWMM

Obituary

• ROLL OF HONOUR Gedye. —Private Miles, beloved son of Mr. T. and Mrs. D. Gedye, formerly of Patutahi. Killed in action
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• Fought for all of our freedom and the preservation of the Gedye name.
  We are so proud & will remain forever grateful
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Memorial name

• Port Albert War Memorial, WW2 remembrance arch and 1939 - 1945 gates, Port Albert, Rodney District AWMM
• Wellsford War Memorial Library, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Wellsford War Memorial Library, WW1 & WW2, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
• Hakaru & Districts RSA, 733 Settlement Road, Hakaru, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
  http://www.albertland.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936708
  Sources Used
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 64
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.