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Murray: GILES slightly wounded at Wilmansrust on 12.6.1901, accidentally dangerously wounded at Nguter on 2.10.1901, invalided to Australia arrived 29.1.1902.
Source:# 62 1660 GYLES NO VMR, Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps (CC OFS Tvl SA01 & SA02), Carlton Vic., WW1 2705 2AM AFC.
Blair: Poowong East Vic.
West Australian: slightly wounded at Steelkoopspruit.
URL1: GYLES NO WW1 AIF 2705 6Sqn. AFC.
URL2: an armourer aged 42 from Moonee Ponds Vic.
B5179: born 1875 a station hand c/- S. Brighton next of kin c/- PO Poowong Vic.
URL3: war memorial Cheltenham Vic.
Melb. Leader: GYLES from S. Brighton Vic., photo #593.
URL4: photo.
URL6: The Slightly Wounded. No fewer than twenty privates have been slightly wounded. The following are the official particulars concerning them - Thomas P WILSON, single, 28, butcher, Tatura, next of kin, father, Tatura. James SPRIGG, single, 23, traveller, Kensington, next of kin, mother, Gower Street, Kensington. Samuel POLLOCK, single, 21, boundary rider, Windsor, next of kin, father, Hotham Street, Windsor. Charles Thomas SALMON, single, 29, butcher, Castlemaine, next of kin, sister (Mrs. HARRIS), Castlemaine. Robert Alfred WATSON, single, 33, station hand, Pomborneit, next of kin, father, Fairview railway station. WG PAGDEN, single, 24, farmer, Numurkah, next of kin, father, Numurkah. John C REEVE, single, 22, laborer, Bamoral, next of kin, mother, Balmoral. William GRIMES, single, 25, bushman, Gannawarra, next of kin, G BARNETT, Gannawarra. Walter A BAIN, single, 20, rabbit trapper, Longwood, next of kin, father, Longwood. Aubrey F ASHLEY, single, 22, farmer, St. Kilda; next of kin, mother (Mrs. ROSS), St. Kilda. Nathaniel Oliver GILES, single, 20, station hand, South Brighton, next of kin, brother (SW GILES), Poowong. William George HAYES, single, 23, farm laborer, Port Melbourne, next of kin, father, Borard, Queensland. William John MARSHALL, single, 27, stock rider, Fitzroy, next of kin, mother, Fitzroy. George JEWELL, single, 25, saddler, Northcote, next of kin, mother, Northcote. Ernest O. JENCKE, single, 22, groom, Burwood, next of kin, father, Burwood. Archibald R MCPHERSON, single, 23, fitter, Gisborne, next of kin, father, Gisborne. Charles Francis SMITH, single, 24, station hand, Tallangatta, next of kin, mother, Tallangatta. Joseph MCNAMARA, single, 22, saddler, Richmond, next of kin, father, Richmond. John BECHAZ, single, 22, horse breaker, Prahran, next of kin, father, Moe. Robert W CORRIGAN, single, 23, bush hand, Caulfleld, next of kin, father, Caulfield. John HASSETT, single, 32, drover, Kensington, next of kin, mother, Kensington. It will be noticed that 90 per cent, of the wounded and slain were under 30 years of age.
URL7: A number ot soldiers who recently returned from the war in South Africa were publicly welcomed at an entertainment given in their honor by the citizens of Carlton in the orderly room, Grattan Street last evening [11.4.1902]. In the absence of Mr. DV HENNESSY MLA, Cr. STRONG presided. The toast of Our Boys was proposed by the Mayor (Sir Samuel GILLOTT) who spoke in eulogistic terms, of the great services rendered to the Empire by Canadians, New Zealanders and Australians, and heartily welcomed the returned soldiers on behalf of the citizens. ... The Mayor then presented gold medals to the following soldiers - Sergeants GATLIFF and KAROO, Corporals ARNOTT, O'DONNELL and KELLY, and Troopcrs GATLIFF, GYLES, LINACRE, RIDDOCK and STENNING. Specially addressing Trooper RIDDOCK, who had lost a leg, the Mayor said he felt sure that a grateful country would ever remember the sacrifice he had made and the sufferings he had to endure. He expressed his deepest sympathy for him, and his greatest admiration of the courage he had displayed. Sergeant GATLIFF and others returned thanks for the welcome and presents. The former characterised as lies the adverse comments that had been made regarding the treatment of women and children by the British soldiers and Government. He also said that, the food, clothing and horses from Australia were in most cases far superior to the supplies obtained from other portions of the globe.
URL8: RETURNING VICTORIAN SOLDIERS. The merchant steamer Manchester, from South Africa, arrived at Albany yesterday [23.1.1902, and leaves to-day for Melbourne with the following returning Victorian soldiers - Trooper Wm. ARKLE, 5VMR; Corporal Alfred BANBROOK, 5VMR; Trooper HF BRUNET, 5VMR; Trooper AS BLACK, 4QIB; Trooper WA BAIN, 5VMR; Trooper WH BOND, 5VMR; Sergt. Donald CAMPBELL, 5VMR; Trooper AH CROCKER, 5VMR; Saddler HV COOK, 5VMR; Trooper Robt. Wm. CORRIGAN, 5VMR; Tpr. Tim J CANTWELL, 4th VMR; Corporal SH CARSON, CCCC; Trooper Wm. DAVIES, 1st KH; Lance-Corporal Leslie M DAVEY, 5VMR; Trooper Charles Edwards, ILH; Trooper Fredk. ELLIS, 5VMR; Trooper WH FITZGERALD, ILH, Corporal Claude A FETTER, Scot. Horse; Trooper Chas. A GREEN, Brabant's Horse; Trooper James GALLAGHER, 5VMR; Trooper Nathaniel O GYLES, 5VMR; Trooper HB HOCKLEY, 5VMR; Trooper JW HEDE, Scot. Horse; Trooper John HAWKINS, 5VMR, Corporal Wm. JENKINS, Brabant's Horse; Trooper David JOHNSON, 5VMR; Corporal CA KISSANE, 5VMR; Trooper JA LINACRE, 5VMR; Trooper Alfred LEVINGTON, CCCC; Sergeant JS LITTLE, Scot. Horse; Farrier-Sergeant Rod MCSWAIN, SAC; Trooper JT MCDONNELL, 5VMR; Trooper K MCKIMMIE, 5VMR; Trooper AE MEYER, ILH; Saddler AH MARSHALL, 5VMR; Saddler CB MURRAY, 5VMR; Trooper Thos. MCCALLUM, 5VMR; Trooper John NUGENT, 5VMR; Trooper Wm. PRENTICE, 5VMR; Trooper TA RIMMINGTON, Scot. Horse; Trooper JE ROBERTSON, Scot. Horse; Trooper A STARK, 5VMR; Trooper CF SMITH, 5VMR; Farrier-Sergeant JW SCURR, Scot. Horse; Corporal WH SPURR, 5VMR; Trooper Ernest SMITH, 5VMR; Trooper CT SEYMOUR, 5VMR; Trooper CJ STEWART, 5VMR; Trooper M STEVENSON, 5VMR; Trooper Fredk. TWEDDLE, 5VMR; Trooper Wm. E TOOTELL, 5VMR; Trooper Arthur WELLINGTON, 5VMR; Trooper Herbert WEEDING, 5VMR; Trooper Frank WOODWARD, IHC; Trooper HOPKINS, IMR; J MCDONALD, IMR.
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