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Charles Pedlar Giles

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 263 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 263 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Pedlar AWMM
  • Surname
    Giles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/1824 AWMM
    • WWI 3641 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 December 1894 AWMM Patea, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 4 January 1915 AWMM Camberwell Road, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 7 April 1917 AWMM Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • William Giles (father), Camberwell Road, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr William Giles (father), Camberwell Road, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 10 May 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 9 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Giles received a gunshot wound to his right forearm at Dardanelles on the 8 August 1915. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Gassed 19 April 1918 AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Pedlar Giles and Annie Maria Giles, of 69, Wilson St., Hawera, New Zealand.

    Mother's name also Mrs Annie Mariah Henderson, 15 Sussex Street, Grey Lynn (1932)

    Wounded in forearm on Gallipoli, invalided to New Zealand aboard the HS Willochra, 25 September 1915.

    New Zealand military service limited to embarkation roll information (October 2013) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 April 1918 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Rouen, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM P. XI. F. 8A. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Hawera Cemetery, New Zealand AWMM

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  • Charles and his brother Arthur joined the Army together and were both wounded at Gallipoli. Charles came home to Hawera to recuperate and then joined the Australian Army and was killed in France. I had the privilege of visiting his grave in Rouen in May 2014.
    Public - Garry - Other Relative - 9 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 March 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher
19 March 2016melanieAucklandDirect descendant
09 April 2015GarryWaikanae, New ZealandOther Relative

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