Ernest Argent MEAKINS

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Service Number:	1700
Enlisted:	29 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Angaston, South Australia, 26 January 1895
Home Town:	Angaston, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawmiller
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

11 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1700, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1700, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1700, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Ernest Argetn Meakins was the third son of Walter Joseph & Mary Meakins of Angaston.

Enlisted AIF 29.2.1916 21 years of age

Height 5'7" Grey eyes Hair dark brown

Trained at Mitcham Camp in Adelaide South Australia

Embarked on Franconia to Plymouth England on 6.6.1916

To Rollestone Camp Salisbury Plain England

Embarked to France 16.9.1916

Served in France Killed in vicinity of Paschendale Ridge Belgium 12.10.1917

Ernest has no know grave and his name in on the Menin Gate Memorial No 29 wall Memorial Panel 146 Ypres Belgium