condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Otto Giles

Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 29 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 29 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Otto AWMM
  • Surname
    Giles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 45594 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    10 March 1888 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Kaiapoi, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    O. Giles (father), Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 45594 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      164 lb AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Embarked Wellington on board HMNZT 'Turakina', 26 April 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, at sea, 4 June 1917; discharged from ship's hospital, 9 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 14 September 1917; joined 4th Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in the field, 8 October 1917, and posted to C Company.
    Wounded in action, 12 October 1917 (foot, mild); admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 13 October 1917, and transferred same day to 17th Casualty Clearing Station; to NZ Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 25 October 1917; to No 14 Convalescent Depot, Trouville, 26 October 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 17 January 1918.
    Wounded in action (second occasion), 5 April 1918; remained at duty.
    Detached to Tunnelling Company, 2 July 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 7 September 1918.
    On leave to United Kingdom, 16 October 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board HT 'Waimana', 10 May 1919; disembarked Auckland, 23 June 1919; discharged, 21 July 1919.
    Total war service: 2 years 181 days (of which 2 years 59 days were abroad)

    Parents: Obed and Elizabeth Giles (both b. New Zealand) AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Otto Giles by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Otto Giles

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.