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MEREDITH, Benjamin Peter George

Service Number:	518
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Embarked HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1882
Home Town:	Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Kolora Primary School no. 883, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed In Action, Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Beersheba War Cemetery Remembered on Colac War Memorial, Colac, Vic. Remembered on parents and siblings grave stone, Colac Cemetery, Colac, Vic.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Colac St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window 2, Kolora Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 518, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked 518, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
20 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, 4th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
2 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, Imperial Camel Corps , Battle of Magdhaba
9 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, Imperial Camel Corps , Battle of Rafa
25 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 518, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

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