Colin MEYERS

MEYERS, Colin

    Service Number: 2055
    Enlisted: 20 November 1915, 3rd Reinforcements
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, August 1899
    Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Goulburn Catholic School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Groom
    Died: Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot I, Row B, Grave No 7
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2055, 31st Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
    18 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2055, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    18 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2055, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne

    The Lost Boys

    The information provided has been published in the book "The Lost Boys" which was published 2019 and written by Paul Byrnes. Details of the soldier enlisted as Cecil Meyers but actually Colin Vincent Meyers are written at pages 146 to 161. Lest We Forget. Rest In Peace.

    Submitted 16 September 2022 by Maxwell HILL

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    Biography

    Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 3), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France.

    Biography contributed by VWM Australia

    Enlisted and served as MEYERS, Cecil and stated his  age as 21 yrs and 3 months when he was only 16

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