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MEDDOWS, John Cruickshank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 826 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, November 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Leonards, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) |
| Memorials: | Lane Cove Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 826, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 826, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 826, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 19 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 826, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 826, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW to right arm | |
| 10 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 826, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd MD |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From David Meddows (Paternal Grandfather)
Lance Cpl John Cruickshank Meddows, was a Lewis Gunner. He fought in France in 1916. He was wounded three times and gassed one. He returned to Australia in early 1919. He moved to Newcastle from Lane Cove in 1932, with his family. He eventually held the position of Chief Health Inspector of the Greater Newcastle Region. A position he held until,his death in 1957, at the age of 61. His ashes were placed in a wall at the Beresfield Crematorium.