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Cyril Wallace MEEK

Regimental number310
Place of birthWyndham New South Wales
SchoolEden Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostal official
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Vincent Meek, Police Station, Bathurst Street, Condobolin, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 August 1915
Date of death14 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 24), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Vincent and Flora MEEK, St. Ann's Hill Road, Merrylands, New South Wales. Native of Condobolin, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [311] Lt Darcy Vincent MEEK, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 15 April 1918; 312 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Lancelot Gordon MEEK, 2nd Bn, killed in action, 6 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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