Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Richard George Miles
Ancestor's date of birth: 23/11/1883
Ancestor's date of death: 08/02/1952
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Carpenter in Blenheim South Island, New Zealand
Service Number: 9137
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Australia, Place of Enlistment: South Island, New Zealand
Unit: 10th NZ Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 08/04/1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: Not applicable, did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Tenth New Zealand.
Ship: Norfolk, Date of Sailing: 19/05/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Nil from Boer War
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: No active service was seen. The Tenth was formed as a response to the defeat suffered by British forces at Tweebosch on 7 March 1902. It was divided into two regiments: the North Island Regiment departed from Wellington aboard the SS Drayton, while the South Island Regiment departed from Lyttelton aboard the SS Norfolk. With both regiments of the Tenth Contingent arriving in South Africa in late May, they were moved to Newcastle before the end of the war on 31 May.
Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Peter Stanley Harry Miles, RALEIGH NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Uncle
