MEALAND, Charlie (Charles Albert Cecil)
| Service Number: | 967 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahan Victoria , 1889 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | High Street State High School, Prahran Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 15, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Armadale St. Albans Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 967, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 967, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 967, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Charles Albert Cecil Mealand registration number 24829
Son of Charles William Mealand and Annie Maria Victoria Mealand nee Hogan of 32 Highbury Grove, Easst Prahran, Victoria. Next of kin given as his brother William Charles Patrick Mealand of the same address. Also brother of Saretta Dorothy Esther Mealand, Annie Violet Rose Mealand and Mary Vicroria Elizabeth Hogan Mealand
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served in the Citizen Military Forces Scottish Regiment
Biography contributed by Chad Frazer
Charlie Mealand was an everyday citzen in Melbourne who had an ordinary job as a labourer until the war broke out. He was placed in the 1st Infantry Battalion to go to Gallipoli. Charlie was later killed in action on the 2nd of May 1916.
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