Participant Info

Given Name

Joseph

Family Name

Mearns

Service Number

1254

Place of Birth

Durham England

Occupation

Bootmaker

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

c/- W Burden, Ensay, East Gippsland, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

13th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

21

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A38 Ulysses, Melbourne VIC on 27 October 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

27/04/1919

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 3), France

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Link to record

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