Participant Info

Given Name

John Francis

Family Name

Meddings

Service Number

5330

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Orchardist

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

Bairnsdale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

26

Embarkation Vessel

RMS Orontes, Melbourne VIC on 29 March 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

18/10/1917

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium

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Link to record

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