Reuben MEHEW

MEHEW, Reuben

    Service Number: 1679
    Enlisted: 8 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Surrey, England, 1878
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Board School, England
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds - neck, At sea off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 June 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain L. Warner officiated Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1679, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1679, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1679, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
    24 Jun 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1679, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1679 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-06-24

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Annabella Mehew of 291Broadway, Bexley Heath, Kent, England.

    Husband of Anna Mehew. Father of George Mehew, Reuben Mehew, Lizzie Watmough nee Mehew, Frederick Mehew, Leonard Mehew and Florence Nellie Mehew

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

    Also served in the Imperial Yeomanry, South Africa

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