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MELDRUM, Sidney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8787 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, 14th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | SAR Railway Porter |
| Died: | Balaklava, Wakefield - South Australia, Australia, 22 February 1938, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Mount Gambier RSL Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8787, 3rd Field Ambulance, 14th Reinforcements | |
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| 10 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8787, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 4 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 8787, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Returned to Australia HMAT Runic for Home Duties only due to a deformity in left elbow | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 8787, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged 4 MD Medically unfit |
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