Richard Joseph MEEHAN

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Service Number:	1986
Enlisted:	14 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1893
Home Town:	Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1970, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Memorials:	Euroa Telegraph Park, Flinders WWI War Memorial

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14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
8 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, Per HT Seeang Choon, from Alexandria, Egypt, ex Base Details, Zeitoun. Disembarked Gallipoli 17 June, 1915
25 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, Per HMT Esmeralda, admitted 27 August, 1915 to No.1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, dysentery
28 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, Per HT Scotian. Disembarked Malta 5 September, 1915, dysentery.
17 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 7th Infantry Battalion, Per HMT Esmeralda. Disembarked Devonport and admitted to County of London War Hospital, Epsom.
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion
26 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Per HMAT Ballarat, to join British Expeditionary Force. Disembarked Marseilles, France 2 April, 1916
14 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Embarked England for return to Australia per HT Burma (1915 Personnel), List 186. Disembarked Melbourne 30 January, 1919
23 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1986, 1st Pioneer Battalion

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