Arthur James MEAKINS

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Service Number:	296
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 296, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
26 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 296 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-26

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Son of Thomas Meakins of Church Road, Barnes, Surrey, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal