John Burns (Jack) MEIKLE

MEIKLE, John Burns

Service Number: 5154
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
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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: ''
5 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5154, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney

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.

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