Walter Henry MEREDITH

MEREDITH, Walter Henry

Service Number: 2468
Enlisted: 13 July 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 5th reinforcement’s 21st Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 28th September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Railway Employee
Died: Natural Causes, 7 September 1975, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 5th reinforcement’s 21st Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 28th September 1915
29 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
17 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France
26 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left thigh and leg severe evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
30 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Depot, March in from Leicestershire Hospital to No2 Command Depot Weymouth Uk for Medical Board review reclassified unfit for service
14 Jan 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW Left leg and thigh for change on HT Kanowna
18 Apr 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW left leg

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Late of 87 Pascoe Street Williamstown Victoria (1923)

Williamstown Advertiser November 6th 1918

WEDDING BELLS.
GUNN—MEREDITH.
Holy Trinity Church was the scene
of a pretty wedding on October 21,
when Ivy Florence, only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Gunn, of Pasco-
street, and Walter Henry Meredith
(late 21st Batt., A.I.F.), eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Meredith, of Tal-
langatta, were joined in the holy
bonds of matrimony. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. C. Hudson.
The bride, who was given away by her
father, looked charming in her dress of
crepe de chine, daintily trimmed with
pearls. She also wore court train and
the customary wreath and veil, and
carried a shower bouquet of white
azaleas and fern. She was attended
by two bridesmaids—Miss Elsie Mere-
dith (sister of bridegroom) and Miss
Mary Brotheridge (cousin of bride).
They wore pretty white voile frocks,
trimmed with Val. lace, and white
hats relieved with pink, and carried
pink bouquets. Mr. G. Gunn (junr.)
acted as best man and Mr. H. Gunn
as groomsman. The bride's mother,
who wore a black silk costume and
a hat to match, received about 60
guests at the Temperance Hall, where
the wedding breakfast was held. The
bridegroom's mother was dressed in
a black silk costume, and wore a
black hat. The bride travelled in a
navy twill costume, and wore a white
crepe de chine hat. The presents were
both numerous and costly.

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