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MEANEY, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2646 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial INSCRIPTION SON OF EDWARD MEANEY L. BRIDGE JOINED IN SYDNEY XLI. A. 24., Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2646, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2646, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2646, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2646 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 29 and the son of Edward and Anne Meaney, of Leighlinbridge,, County Carlow, Ireland.
Address: 65 Derwent Street, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 6 June 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
3rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 September 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Sergeant
Age at embarkation 28
He is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial which stands in Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow.
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