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Lancelot Gordon MEEK

Regimental number312
Place of birthKyabram New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinVincent Meek, Fathcr, Police Station, Bathurst Street, Condobolin, New South
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 6), Passchendale, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Parents: Vincent and Flora Eugenie MEEK, Merrylands, New South Wales. Native of Condobolin, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers:310 Pte Cyril Wallace MEEK, 2nd Bn, killed in action, 14 August 1915; [311] Lt Darcy Vincent MEEK, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 15 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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