QX36371 Edward Samuel Miles, DSO
QX36371 Edward Samuel Miles, DSO
| Date of birth | 1896-07-22 | Laidley QLD |
| Date commissioned | 1918-02-02 | |
| WW1 Service 2 | 1918-05-03 | lieutenant |
| Interwar Service 1 | 1920-10-01 | lieutenant Reserve of Officers |
| Interwar Service 2 | 1927-12-01 | 25th battalion |
| Interwar Service 3 | 1929-03-22 | captain |
| Interwar Service 4 | 1930-07-01 | 25/49th battalion |
| Interwar Service 5 | 1934-02-21 | Reserve of Officers |
| Career summary 1 | 1940-07-05 | captain 25th battalion |
| Career summary 2 | 1940-08-05 | temporary major |
| Career summary 3 | 1941-06-19 | commanding officer 25th battalion |
| Appointment | 1941-06-19 - 1944-01-11 | Battalion: 25th; Rank on appointment: captain, temporary major ; Appointed from: temporary major 25th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: deemed medically unfit for duty: knee injury |
| Career summary 4 | 1941-11-20 - 1941-12-23 | course Northern Command Motor Transport Sc |
| Career summary 5 | 1942-02-03 | temporary lieutenant colonel |
| Career summary 6 | 1942-07-15 | arrived New Guinea |
| Career summary 7 | 1942-07-19 | enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 8 | 1943-05-29 | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
| Career summary 9 | 1943-06-06 | Returned to Australia (Townsville ) |
| Career summary 10 | 1943-12-04 | medical downgrade 'Medically fit to carry out certain duties which require only restricted medical fitness' |
| Career summary 11 | 1943-12-24 | Returned to Australia (Cairns) |
| Career summary 12 | 1944-01-11 | relinquished command 25th battalion |
| Career summary 13 | 1944-01-17 - 1944-02-04 | medical internal derangement, later diagnosed osteo arthritis, lt |
| Career summary 14 | 1944-03-16 | commanding officer 15th Grn battalion |
| Career summary 16 | 1944-04-20 | major (bd 1 Sep 42) retain temporary lieutenant colonel gazetted |
| Career summary 17 | 1944-04-20 | lieutenant colonel (bd 1 Sep 42) gazetted |
| Career summary 18 | 1944-06-02 - 1944-07-05 | course Land Headquarters School of Mechanis |
| Career summary 15 | 1944-07-12 | medical upgrade Class A1 |
| Career summary 19 | 1944-12-14 | relinquished command 15th Grn battalion |
| Career summary 20 | 1945-03-06 | medical downgrade Class B2 injury lt knee |
| Career summary 21 | 1945-03-12 | Reserve of Officers |
| WW1 Service 1 | 2lieutenant 2 Feb 18 49th battalion | |
| Citations 2 | 'This officer has consistently set a high standard of devotion to duty and indifference to danger and fatique to all under his command. Throughout the training period from 17 May to 11 July he spared no effor to develop the fighting effectiveness of his Bn, and in the period of establishment of MILNEFORCE 11 July-25 Aug he contributed greatly to the rapid development of the area. In the fighting at KAINOKA on 30-31 August his Bn. repeatedly beat off attacks by the enemy under conditions of continuous rain, mud and fatigue. Throughout this period Lt.Col. Miles worked unceasingly to organize and perfect the defensive localities and to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy. He directed the recover of valuable enemy equipment and documents in the forward localities and his energy and inspiration were decisive in maintaining a firm base for the subsequent operations in mopping up the coastal area.' | |
| Citations 4 | Rec'd by Field, COMD 7th Bde | |
| Citations 3 | EXT Sheet DQ 21/43, LG Supp 36031/43 | |
| Date of death | 1983-10-08 |
Background: Technical College, Toowoomba; Militia Number: Q21602; Occupation: Assistant Trains Clerk
