Veronica Mary Miles

Forenames

Veronica Mary AWMM

Surname

Miles AWMM

Also known as

• Veronica Cardale AWMM
• Veronica Mary Cardale AWMM

Service number

71975 AWMM

Gender

Female AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

11 Jun 1909 WWII WAAC Roll

Date of birth

8 December 1908

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Place of birth

Dunedin , NZ

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Address before enlistment

• WW2 24 Pitt Street Dunedin AWMM
• 24 Pitt Street, Dunedin
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Post war occupation

Wife and Mother

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Next of kin

• Mr W.M. Miles (father), Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• Also mother Alice Miles, nee Long
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Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Married/WWII AWMM
  Ewen Cardale - 8 December 1945 AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

North Africa, Italy

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 3NZGH (3rd New Zealand General Hospital)
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Service number

71975 AWMM

Military service

• 3 New Zealand General Hospital AWMM
• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Medical Division AWMM
• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Clerical Division AWMM
• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Medical Division, Middle East AWMM
• Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Medical Division, Middle East AWMM
• Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), New Zealand Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) AWMM
• Four Years nursing sick and wounded New Zealand Soldiers in North Africa, Italy, 1941-1945
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Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Book Keeper/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Women's War Service Auxillary AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Aug 1945 WAACs (R22502074) Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) WAACs (R22502074)

• Veronica Miles married Ewan Cardale after World War II. They had four children. AWMM
• My mother Veronica married Ewen Cardale (Not Ewan) in December 1945.
  They had four children, Jennifer, Felicity, Miles, Elizabeth.
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Death

14 Oct 1985 AWMM
Age  77 AWMM

Cemetery

Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block M Row 32 Plot 000 AWMM

Obituary

Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 October 1985 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• 'Marriage' Otago Daily Times, 12 December 1945
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19451212.2.2.2
  Further Reference
• Veronica Mary Miles - Worth a Thousand Words Features
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/contributions
  Further Reference
• Staff - Staff WWSA [Women's War Service Auxiliary] hospital division organisation of women workers patriotic fund board - Middle East (Part 2). Archives New Zealand (R22438823)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22438823
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 6: WW2 25
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 October 1985
• Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
• WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074)
• Staff - Staff WWSA [Women's War Service Auxiliary] hospital division organisation of women workers patriotic fund board - Middle East (Part 2). Archives New Zealand (R22438823)
• McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.