MEADOWS, Francis Charles

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
12/08/1914
Place of Enlistment
Sydney NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
25/08/1887
Place of Birth
Finchley, England
Address (at enlistment)
Duntroon ACT
Occupation
Storeman
Next of Kin
Gertrude Meadows (wife), Duntroon ACT, later Newbury, England

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
23512
Final Rank
Gunner
Final Unit
Royal Garrison Artillery (British Army)

Notes

Meadows began working as a storeman at the Royal Military College on 16 September 1912. He had served with the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) before arriving in Australia and was called-up for duty on 12 August 1914 when World War 1 began. He embarked for England on 17 October 1914 and served with the RGA in France, Belgium and Italy and was mentioned in the London Gazette of 1 January 1916. After the war he was Secretary of the Duntroon sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League and joined the Commonwealth Public Service in November 1927. He also served in World War 2 and died in Sydney on 21 March 1942. His three sons, Frank, Jack and Eric, also served in World War 2.

Sources

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NAA RecordSearch
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
Supplement to London Gazette (1 Jan. 1923, p.23)
Queanbeyan Age - 31 January 1913, 18 February 1913, 31 March 1913, 19 September 1916
Sydney Morning Herald - 23 March 1942

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