MEARS, William
| Service Number: | 6534 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grays, England, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6534, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6534, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6534, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 2 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6534, 1st Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The Grays and Tilbury Gazette of 10th November 1917 reported that the nephew of Mrs Sadler of 5 Grange Road had been killed in action. He was 34, and not 32 as the newspaper reported, and had emigrated just before the outbreak of war in August 1914. He left a widow, Elvina Apter Mears, of 79, Rofe St., Leichhardt, NSW and two children.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Urina Mears (nee Henry).
Although the CWGC records are not certain about the precise date of death, his comrades witnessed that he had been felled by Machine Gun fire near Polygon Wood on 4th October.
Births Sep 1883 Mears William Orsett 4a 293
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