WW1. Pair. Wiles. Australian Imperial Force. Killed in action. #sherborne A lovely example

A lovely example

Obverse: 1870 - 1871 within a laurel wreath upon the Iron Cross

Last Small Cross type

Anecdotal evidence from the family has him as an employee of the Keynsham Paper Mill

WW1. Pair. Wiles. Australian Imperial Force. Killed in action. #sherborne A lovely example5903 Private E. D. Wiles, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action in 1918. Ernest Desmond Wiles, son of Annie Wiles of 34 Cambridge Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex was 18 years old when he emigrated to Australia having attended school at Seven Kings in Essex. He enlisted in the A. I. F. being posted to B Company, 19th Battalion, embarking from Sydney for France on 7 October 1916. He was mortally wounded on 8 August 1918.