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MEYER, Ernest Sydney Rudolph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3264 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1915, Sydney, new South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3264, Sydney, new South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ernest Sydney Rudolph MEYER was born in 1897 in Glebe, Sydney, NSW
His parents were Carl Wilhelm Rudolph MEYER and Georgina Helen Crompton ECKLEY who married in 1876
Two of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Norman MEYER (SN1414) returned to Australia in 1919
2. Percy Carl MEYER (SN1575) returned to Australia in 1918
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