MEATHREL, Walter William
| Service Number: | 929 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Holne, Ashburton, Devon, England.. , 1878 |
| Home Town: | Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 929, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 929, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 30 and the son of Walter and Emma Meathrel of Mill Leat, Holne, Ashburton, Devon, England.
He is remembered on the HOLNE WAR MEMORIAL 1914 – 1918 in Holne Church.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was said to be 30 but the age on CWGC records is very much in doubt
Births Dec 1878 Meathrel Walter William Totnes 5b 208
Enlistment date 31 January 1916 Private 36th Battalion, C Company
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916-he was then 37.
Commemorated on the war memorial and on the family grave in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard at Holne, South Hams District, Devon, England.
Also commemorated on the Roll of Honour/Book of Remembrance by the main entrance to St Mary's Church, Holne, West Devon, Devon, TQ13 7SL, England.
Here he is honoured as William W. Meathrel.
1891 census for Holne Village, Devon, England
Walter Meathrel Head 38 Devonshire, England
Emma Meathrel Wife 39 Devonshire, England
Ernest Meathrel Son 13 Devonshire, England
Walter W Meathrel Son 12 Devonshire, England
On the 1901 Census for Holne, Devon, England, United Kingdom, he is shown as William Meathrel-farmer’s son as occupation, aged 22. He is shown as William W. Meathrel on the Holne Roll of Service.
Walter Meathrel Head 48 Holne, Devonshire-1852–1914
Emma Meathrel [nee Carter] Wife 49 Holne, Devonshire-1851–1936
William Meathrel Son 22 Holne, Devonshire
Henry Meathrel Son 13 Holne, Devonshire-1887–1961
Annie Meathrel Daughter 11 Holne, Devonshire-1889–1988 [married name-Barter]
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