MEECH, Richard Alfred
| Service Number: | 1148 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Queanbeyan Avenue of Memory, Queanbeyan Christ Church Honour Roll, Queanbeyan Christ Church MEECH Memorial Plaque, Queanbeyan Fallen Soldiers War Memorial, Queanbeyan Public School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1148, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1148, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1148, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac and Rosanna Meech of Queanbeyan, NSW. Brother of Jessie E. Meech, Violet E. Meech, Isaac A. Meech, Olive M. Meech, Grace S. Meech and Enid C. Meech
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Cemetery Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Christ Church.
At the morning service in Christ Church on Sunday a beautiful memorial tablet in memory of the late Pte Richard Alfred Meech, son of Mr I. Meech, was unveiled. There was a large congregation, Dr Radford, Bishop of Goulburn, occupied the pulpit and preached an eloquent and appropriate sermon, taking for his subject, "Sacrifice." The memorial, which is a brass plate, beautifully mounted, was draped with the Union Jack, and when unveiled by Mr. I. Meech, jun., the following inscription was to be seen: " To the glory of God, and in memory of Richard Alfred Meech, killed in action at Gallipoli, August 7th, 1915, aged 29 years." 'The labourer's task is o'er.' " Erected by his father, mother, sisters, and brother, Queanbeyan." The late Pte. Meech, was one of the first Queanbeyan boys to enlist, and served his apprenticeship to the printing trade in the AGE office.
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