MEATES, Charles Francis
| Service Number: | 19593 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant (CQMS) |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Fitzroy State School |
| Occupation: | Gas Co. Foreman |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Melbourne, Victoria, 6 January 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 May 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 19593, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 19593, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Charles meates was one of 3 girls and 6 boys born to Thomas & Elizabeth Meates who lived at 230 Holden St. Fitzroy. Charles & his brother Valentine joined the Victorian Militia and served in the artillary until both joined the AIF. Valentine rose to Major and was awarded the Military Cross. Charles was employed all his working life at the Colonial Gas Company in Melbourne and was the Manager of the Fitzory and Preston Depots upon his retirement in 1940. He refused to apply for a Repatriation Pension as he felt he only did his duty when he joined the AIF at the age of 40 years and having a young family at the time. His son Eric joined the field artillary in the Second AIF in 1939 and returned home. Charles and his family lived at 33 Woolton Avenue Northcote.
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