MEILING, Rasmus Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 2168, Q303426 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1915, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longreach, Queensland, 5 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Albert State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Queensland, 20 July 1973, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 3 |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 15th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 27 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 15th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, Q303426 | |
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| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, Q303426 | |
| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Lance Sergeant, Q303426, Kelvin Grove | |
| 9 Feb 1944: | Discharged Lance Sergeant, Q303426, NC Rec Camp |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rasmus Frederick MEILING was born on 5th May, 1892 in Longreach, Queensland
His parents were James MEILING from Denmark & Margaret SANDERSON from England who married in Queensland on 22nd July, 1891
He served in both WW1 & returned to Australia on the ship Aeneas on 31st October, 1915 where he was discharged as medically unfit on 27th March, 1916 due to nerve damage
After returning from WW1 he was a patient at Rosemount Military Hospital at Kangaroo Point & on leave when he was attacked in the street by a german national after an argument and sustained stab wounds & was returned to hospital for treatment
He enlisted for WW2 on 4th July, 1940 & was discharged on 9th February, 1944
Rasmus married Isabella Baxter Clunie MALCOLM in Queensland on 25th December, 1917
He died on 20th July 1973 and was cremated at Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens
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His brother John Alexander MAILING (SN1087) was Killed in Action in 1917
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