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MEAKER, Leslie Wilfred

Service Numbers:	15246, S66678
Enlisted:	20 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 24 August 1896
Home Town:	Cheltenham, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter and Decorator
Died:	Natural causes, Cheltenham,South Australia, 25 May 1972, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Drive A Section B Path 6 (7) Site 182S
Memorials:	Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 15246, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 15246, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 15246

World War 2 Service

8 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, S66678, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S66678

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