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Albert Leslie MEYER

Regimental number7371
Date of birth17 March 1884
Place of birthAmbleside [Hahndorf], South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
AddressKalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs L M Meyer, 17 Collins Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Enlistment date14 November 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 November 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Ormonde on 13 March 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialJeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs M. MEYER; husband of Mrs I. MEYER, Moora, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1757 Pte August Carl MEYER, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, died of illness, 5 December 1918; 2823 Pte Edward Martin MEYER, 51st Bn, killed in action, 3 September 1918; 996 Driver Frank Rounsevell MEYER, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 5 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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