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MECKLENBURG, John Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | W30916 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
Born: | Brentwood England, 13 October 1887 |
Home Town: | Margaret River, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness, Sussex County Western Australia, 14 February 1942, aged 54 years |
Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia S.A.16 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Margaret River War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, W30916, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Personal Stories
John Henry Mecklenburg
Born in Brentwood England on 13 Oct 1887 to parents Charles and Annie Mecklenburg.
John married Margaret Caroline of North Perth.
He was living and working in Margaret River when he traveled to Perth to enlist. He was with the 19th Garrison Brigade when he was taken ill and died in Australia on 14 Feb 1942. He is buried in the Perth War Cemetery Grave ref S A 16
Submitted 1 April 2016 by Pauline Graves