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William Ernest MEDDINGS

Regimental number61735
Place of birthShepparton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLucknow PO, Lucknow, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 8.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A. Meddings, Lucknow PO, Lucknow, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for military service due to defective vision)
Enlistment date4 July 1918
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollGeneral Service Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 22 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialFreetown (King Tom) Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 94), West Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Harriet MEDDINGS; husband of Alice C.M.L. MEDDINGS, Lucknow, Victoria
Other details

Embarked Melbourne, 31 August 1918.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 October 1918 (influenza); discharged, 16 October 1918.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 16 October 1918; disembarked Sierra Leone, 20 October 1918, and transferred to Tower Hill Military Hospital the same day.

Died, 22 October 1918 (influenza).

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, MEDDINGS William Ernest

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