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MEREDITH, William Ignatius
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 22, 22A |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1917, Meredith, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Pleasant Creek, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jockey/horse trainer |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart attack at work), Kew, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1939, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Unmarked grave |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 22, Meredith, Victoria | |
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| 10 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 22A, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Graechus embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 22A, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt), SS Graechus, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 22, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
Personal Stories
Birth name
William's actually birth name was William Meredith Green
Submitted 7 February 2016 by Andrew Rosewarne
Biography
As a Jockey his greatest achievement was the Warrnambool Cup in 1907 on a horse named Zinski. He took up a job in New Zealand when his first wife died and had to return. His two children were adopted out and he later remarried.
He had 6 children to his second marriage with one dying in infancy.
His nickname "stone" was from often saying "stone the crows"
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