MEREDITH, Luton William
| Service Number: | 1979 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Western Australia, 14 February 1889 |
| Home Town: | Cookernup, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Cookernup State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 May 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Row B, Grave No. 2. BELOVED SON OF G.W. & C.J. MEREDITH A TRUE AUSTRALIAN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bruce Rock Ardath District Roll of Honour, Cookernup Football Club Roll of Honor, Cookernup Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Yarloop War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1979, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1979, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1979, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Luton William Meredith was the son of George William and Celia Jane Meredith, of Cookernup, Western Australia.
He joined the 11th Battalion on Gallipoli in June 1915 and was shot in the left shoulder during the start of the August offensive at Anzac. He was evacuated to Egypt and was healed by the time the Peninsula was evacuated.
He was wounded again very early in the Battle of Pozieres, a gunshot wound to the left leg on 23 July 1916, this time being evacuated to England. He rejoined the 11th Battalion at the front in November 1916.
Meredith was then reported missing near Lagnicourt on 15 April 1917. He had been mortally wounded and the Germans later reported that he had died of wounds in one of their field dressing stations on 13 May 1917. In his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file, a witness stated that Meredith’s Platoon (XV Platoon) had been surrounded by an attacking German force and all were captured. The Germans buried Luton Meredith in a cemetery at Templeuve-en-Pevleve German Cemetery in France. His remains were subsequently located in the German records of burials in the cemetery and during 1922 his remains were buried in the "Y" Farm Military Cemetery.
His younger brother, 2334 Corporal Irwin Hammett Meredith D.C.M. 28th Battalion AIF was decorated for bravery at Morlancourt during 1918.
Another younger brother, 72 Corporal Raymond Stanley Meredith was an original member of the 11th Battalion, enlisting in 1914, and lost a leg fighting on Gallipoli, returning to Australia during 1916.
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