MEREDITH, Stanley Raymond
| Service Number: | 72 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Western Australia, Australia, 18 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cookernup, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 5 June 1949, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens-Garden 4B-0022 |
| Memorials: | Cookernup Football Club Roll of Honor, Cookernup Roll of Honour, Victoria Park State School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 72, 11th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 72, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 72, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 14 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 72, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit, loss of leg. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stanley Raymond Meredith was the youngest son of George William and Celia Jane Meredith, of Cookernup, Western Australia. He was the first from his family to enlist, joining up in August 1914, one of the first Australians to go to World War 1. He was an assistant teacher in the James Street School, Perth, at the time and was made a Corporal on enlistment.
His older brother, 1979 Pte. Luton William Meredith also of the 11th Battalion AIF, later died of wounds as a prisoner of war of the Germans on 13 May 1917, aged 27.
Another older brother, 2334 Corporal Irwin Hammett Meredith D.C.M. 28th Battalion AIF was decorated for bravery at Morlancourt during 1918.
Stanley Meredith served at the Anzac landing in Turkey on 25 April 1915. He was slightly wounded in the face five days later and on 4 May 1915 suffered a severe gunshot wound to his leg.
Soon after his right leg was amputated and he was evacuated to an English hospital. He was returned to Australia in March 1916 and discharged soon after.
An article appeared in the Bunbury Southern Times 10 August 1915.
Mrs. C. J. Meredith, of Cookernup has three sons with the colours. The youngest son, Irwin, has just succeeded in passing the doctor after being twice rejected, and is now at Blackboy Camp. Mrs. Meredith says that if she had three more sons, she would willingly let them, go in such a glorious cause. A letter has just come to hand from Private Stan Meredith, being the first definite news he has been able to send. It reads: “It's a bit harder to write here than back in the hospital. (He writes from ''S.S. Glencoen Castle, near Gibraltar"). I am now on my way to England. Well, my leg got worse in Alexandria, and they had to amputate it. I think myself it is better so, as I always bad doubts of it being any real use to me when it healed. Now I can get fitted with a good artificial leg, and will be able to walk as well as ever, so, as I said, I am not worrying about it. You see, it will not prevent my going on with teaching; the inconvenience will come when I feel like a game of something! The leg is now doing splendidly, and I will be soon after reaching England. Of course, I do not know where I am going yet, but will let you know.”
Stan Meredith married in 1916, and raised a son who flew as a fighter pilot in the RAAF during WW2. His amputated leg from his Gallipoli experience gave him a lot of trouble as he got older. He developed a severe rash and pain in his stump, which caused him to rely on crutches for the last 20 years of his life. In his doctor’s opinion the stress and strain caused early heart disease and Stanley Raymond Meredith passed away in 1949, at 58 years of age.
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