About Adam Ayles
Lived 1850 – 1912 (aged 61–62). Adam Ayles was an explorer.
Adam Ayles (1850 – 4 April 1912) was an Arctic explorer who served under George Nares as the Petty Officer of HMS Alert in the British Arctic Expedition.
Ayles was born of an unmarried mother at Marnhull, Dorset. He left school aged twelve and worked on a farm for a few years. He joined the Royal Navy in 1867 and served in the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1868.
Ayles left the navy in 1885 and lived in Sydney for a few years, then moved to New Zealand. He lived in Carterton from 1893 to 1899, working as the town's librarian, before moving to Auckland.
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Who was Adam Ayles?
British explorer (1850–1912)
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Adam Ayles was born in 1850 in Marnhull.
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Adam Ayles died on 4 April 1912 in Auckland.
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Adam Ayles was an explorer.
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