MEGGISON, Harry
| Service Number: | 4367 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 28 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Permanent Way Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 June 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Row I, Grave 39, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4367, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4367, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 4367, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4367 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-06-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Henry MEGGISON (Service Number 4367) was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, on 28th July 1886. He was first employed as a temporary labourer by the NSW Government Railways Existing Lines Branch at Emu Plains in August 1912. He resigned on 4th October. He was re-employed on 14th October and resigned again in February 1913. In July 1914 he joined the Tramways Permanent Way Branch, remaining with them until released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Holdsworthy in September 1915.
In Egypt in February 1916, he was allotted to and joined the 2nd Battalion, and sent with them to France in March.
On 18th June 1916 he was killed in action. He was buried at ‘Y’ Farm Military Cemetery, Bois Grenier, 4000 yards S of Armentières.
Application was made for a war pension for his mother in Middlesbrough, but it was rejected, as she had not been dependant on him for 12 months prior to his enlistment.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.