NAME Reginald Oswald STILES
BORN c1890
DIED 1 June 1953
MILITARY SERIAL NO. 1155
UNIT 2nd FAB 6th Bty Field Art.
ENLISTED Albert Park, Victoria 17 Aug 1914
DISCHARGED 30 July 1918 – Medically unfit

Reginald Oswald Stiles in partnership with Francis Herbert Poulter obtained the property by transfer and sale from a Mr. Barnett.  The sale was completed 25th August 1919. The two men took out loans under their own names – (Poulter Loan No.1685). They wanted to purchase lambs and ewes with the Advance.

The block was a part of Duneira Settlement Purchase Area, in the County of Narromine, Parish of Wentworth – Land District of Dubbo SP No. 1919/2 – It consisted of 534 acres.[1]

Footnotes

[1] SRNSW: Lands Department; NRS 8058, Returned Soldiers loan files; [12/6901 No. 1711] and [12/6861 No. 1711] Reginald Oswald Stiles. Application for Postponement of Interest or Instalments 1 May 1922.

Sources used to compile this entry:

State Records NSW: Lands Department; NRS 8058, Returned Soldiers Settlement loan files; [12/6901 No. 1711] and [12/6861 No. 1711] Reginald Oswald Stiles.

National Archives of Australia: B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers (Reginald Oswald Stiles) online: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8093994&I=1&SE=1