Thomas Henry MEREDITH

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Service Number:	1129
Enlisted:	6 October 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Radnor, Wales, United Kingdom, 1875
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Gascon, 26 June 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

6 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1129, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1129, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
3 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1129, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1129 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-06-26

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Address at the time of enlistment was 187 Vic Street, Darlinghurst, NSW.

Son of Morgan Price Meredith and Jane Eliza Meredith of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Next of kin given as John Meredithof Newtown, North Wales

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal