Joseph Alfred MILES

MILES, Joseph Alfred

    Service Number: 140
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Born: Not yet discovered
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 140
    4 Apr 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 140, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
    1 Dec 1901: Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 140, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 512 notes slightly wounded at Tinter's Kop 1 Dec 1901.
    16 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 140, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB note discharged in South Africa on 16 May 1902.

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    When Joseph Alfred Miles enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB he note his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. J. Miles, Bookham, NSW. Boer War Service Paybooks for 6th QIB, p. 148, held by Qld State Archives notes he was discharged in South Africa on 16 May 1902 prior to the remainder of the 6th embarking on 17 May 1902 to return to Australia. 

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