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MEIKLE, John Burns
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5154 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 19 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer and Owned Butchery |
| Died: | Pancreatic cancer, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1956, aged 64 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales In wall of remembrance. His wife and granddaughter also in Cemetery close to main chapel. |
| Memorials: | Grenfell Great War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5154, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5154, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Injured
My grandfather John Burns was injured on the Somme and had all the muscle below his leg blown away. He had to swing his hip to have the leg come forward. He was left with shrapnel in his body which caused his cancer and eventual death.
A quiet family man with four sons a daughter and a step daughter which he loved as his own. Farmer and owned the butchery in Grenfell NSW after the Great War.
His son, my father, William Meikle served as a Sargent in WW2 in the Pacific Islands.
Submitted 19 November 2018 by Jared Meikle
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