Regimental number | 142 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Ballarat State School, Victoria |
Other training | Accountancy and Pharmacy |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Chemist |
Address | St Kilda, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, W M Jewkes, 39 Lock Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Captain Adjutant in Senior Cadets Forces. In charge Instructional Camp at Royal Park 1915-16. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | CSM (WO Class II) |
Unit name | 39th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/56/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 39th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Resigned above rank and enlisted as private in 39th. Received his commission to Warrant Officer and Lieutenant in England 1916. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Houplines, Armentieres |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 7), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 131 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Wallace Meiklejohn and Jean JEWKES, Military Road, and Raglan Street, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Ballarat |
Family/military connections | His only brother was Staff Sergeant in AMC from 1914 to 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |