Hugh Sydney MEYER

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MEYER, Hugh Sydney

Service Number:	WX10525
Enlisted:	20 December 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jarrahdale, Western Australia, 2 May 1915
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 June 1966, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

20 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
14 Sep 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Townsville to Port Moresby per Van der Lyn
7 Jan 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Port Moresby to Townsville per Canberra
23 Jan 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Borneo to Sydney per Manunda
15 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Townsville to Morotai per General Anderson
23 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Morotai to Balikapan per Manoora
25 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10525, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Hugh was the fourth of eight children of Adolph Henry Meyer (b1889 in Sydney, NSW) and Jessie Florence Gray (b1886 in Melbourne, Victoria). Adolph (a Labourer) and Jessie married in 1908 in Sydney, NSW. Adolph worked as a Builder's Labourer and Dock Labourer and by 1916 the family had moved to Jarrahdale, WA where Adoph worked as a Greaser/Mill Hand. In 1916 Adolph enlisted briefly in the AIF (Private; Service No:4089) and was Discharged as Medically Unfit after six weeks. By 1931 he and Jessie had moved their family to Carlisle in Perth, WA where Adolph was a Labourer.

In February 1940 Hugh was a Saddler in Perth, WA when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:WX10525). Hugh served with 2/16 Infantry Battalion in Timor (8 December 1941 - 16 December 1942), New Guinea (6 September 1943 - 18 February 1944), NE Indies (2 June 1945 - 1 December 1945) and in Darwin, NT (6 October 1941 - 5 December 1941). He was Discharged in February 1946.

Returning to Perth, WA Hugh lived with his mother and siblings in Carlisle where he worked as a Mill Hand and Machinist. Hugh died in 1966.

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