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George Giles & Myrtle Maria Schultze

March 24, 2012

House of George & Myrtle Giles at 19 Second Street, Finchley Park, Magill, South Australia

George Giles was born on 9th September 1891 in Port Pirie, South Australia. His parents were Samuel Giles and Rebecca Oaten.

He married Myrtle Maria Schultze, daughter of Alfred John Schulze and Olivia Heath on 17th June 1911 in Kensington, South Australia.

In 1916 he joined the 3rd Australian Light Horse and served in Palestine until 1917 when he was wounded and discharged as medically unfit.

In 1939 he again signed up for service with the Australian Army and served until again being discharged as medically unfit in September 1944.

George and Myrtle had four children, Jean, Bill, Olive and Robert.

He died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 12th May 1960 and was buried on the 13th May 1960 in Centennial Park Cemetery.

Headstone for George Giles

Myrtle was born on 15th October 1893 in Carrieton, South Australia and died on 24th October 1973. Her ashes were sprinked from a plane over the area of her childhoom home in Carrieton.

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    My mother Melva Dermody was the granddaughter of John Alfred Schultze and Maria Heath

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