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Meehan, Hugh Stanley

Hugh Meehan (Service No 1069) was born in August 1895 in Woonona, NSW. He was a single 19 year old miner and had served 2 years in the Cadets and 1 year with the CMF. He embarked on HMAT A38 Ulysses...

Meley, Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas Meley (Service No 1838) was born in Shellharbour, N.S.W., in 1881.At enlistment in Brisbane, Queensland, Joseph was 35 years old, married and worked as a ...

Melrose, John

John Melrose (Service No 2460) was born in Grahamstown, Gundagai, NSW in April 1887. John married his wife Ruby early in 1916.At the time of enlistment he was married, 29 years of age, employed...

Meredith, Evan Thomas

Evan Meredith (Service No 2677) was born in Katoomba, N.S.W. around 1894.He enlisted at Bulli, N.S.W. when he was 21 years old. He was single and employed as a miner....

Meredith, Amos Clement

Amos Meredith (Service No 4642) was born in Lithgow, NSW in 1896. At the time of enlistment he was a single 20 year old labourer from Coledale, NSW and had served in the 37th Cadets. He embarked on...

Meredith aka Falconer, Robert Lionel

When 'Robert Falconer' (Service No 2178) enlisted, he stated he was a single 18 year old labourer. Permission for him to enlist was given by his 'next of kin', his aunt, Victoria...

Merrick, Percy Roy

Percy Merrick (Service No 3318) was born in Brooklyn, NSW, about 1895. At the time of enlistment he was a single 20 year old railway porter at Kiama and had served in 37th Infantry. He embarked on...

Mettam, Frank

Frank Mettam (Service No 8541), was born in Wollongong, N.S.W.At enliistment, he was single, 20 years old, worked as a linotype operator with a West Australian newspaper, and had served...

Mettam, George William

George William Mettam (Service No 30453), was born in Wollongong, N.S.W.At enlistment, he was single, 25 years old, worked as a clerk and lived in Perth, W.A.George embarked on...

Meurant, Walter

Gunner Walter Meurant (service no. 1097) was born in Mount Victoria, New South Wales. The family were living in the Illawarra when he enlisted.At the time of enlistment Walter was working as a...

Meurant, Percival

Gunner Percival Meurant (Service no. 4618) was born in Mount Victoria on 26th July, 1886 and was the second son of Mary Meurant to enlist. He embarked on RMS Persia with the artillery on 10th August...

Meurant, Louis Charles

Private Louis Meurant (Service no. 57) was born on 12th November, 1890 and was the first of the Meurant boys to enlist. He embarked on HMAT A38 Ulysses with 13th Battalion on 22nd December, 1914....

Meurant, Charlie

Charles Meurant (Service No 780 - Note: NAA records have Service No 7810 on the summary only - all documents in the file have 780) was born in East Maitland, N.S.W. around 1893. At the...

Meyer, Oswald William

Oswald William Meyer was born in 1889 in Bulli, according to the National Australian Archives. Prior to the war, he worked as a railway employee.He enlisted on 17 April 1915 at the age of 26 and...

Mickalson, Christopher

Christopher Mickalson (Service No 1402), was born in Sydney, N.S.W., around 1880.At enlistment, he was single, 36 years old, worked as a plumber and lived in Helensburgh, N.S.W....

Miles, Albert Edward

Private Albert Miles (service no. 1966) was born December 1897 in Barrow-on-Furness, Lanarkshire, England. He came to Australia with his family in 1901. The family settled in Mount Kembla, and Albert...

Miles, James Edward

Private James Miles (Service no. 4529) came to Australia in 1901 and settled in Mount Kembla with his family. As a young man he served in the cadets.After enlisting in the AIF he embarked with 14th...

Miles, Alfred

Private Alfred Miles (Service no: 4530) was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England. He travelled to Australia with his family in 1901. The family settled in Kembla Heights and Alfred was...

Miles, Vere Perth

Vere Miles (Service No 3840) was born in Wollongong, NSW.At enlistment Vere was single, 18 years old, employed as a tailor and lived in Darlinghurst, NSW. He had served 4 years with the Cadets....

Millard, Herbert Stanley

Herbert Stanley Millard (Service No 3747), was born in Bulli, N.S.W.At enlistment, he claimed to be single, 21 years old, working as a coke worker and living in Coledale, N.S.W....

Millard, Robert Thomas

Richard Thomas Millard (Service No 654), was born in Bulli, N.S.W.At enlistment, he was single, 18 years old, worked as a wheeler and lived in Bulli, N.S.W. Richard had...

Miller, George

George Miller (Service No 4871) was born in Dundee, Scotland around 1880.At enlistment he was 37 years old, single, worked as a labourer and lived in Helensburgh, N.S.W....

Miller, Stanley George William

Stanley George William Miller (Service No 3127) was born in Gerringong, N.S.W.On 1st January 1913, Stanley married Agnes Sharpe in Gerringong, N.S.W. and they had 4 children.At...

Miller, George

George Miller (Service No 3509) was born in 1895 in Helensburgh, N.S.W.When George enlisted at Bluff, Qld., he was single, 21years old and worked as a butcher. George nominated his...

Miller, Henry Gordon

Henry Gordon Miller (Service No 1641) was born in Gerringong, N.S.W., in March 1893.At enlistment he was 22 years old, single, worked as a farmer and lived in Gerringong, N.S...

Miller, George Malcolm

George Malcolm Miller (Service No 3128) was born in Moss Vale, N.S.W., in August 1886.At enlistment he was 30 years old, single, worked as a farmer and lived in Gerringong, N.S.W....

Miller, Robert

Robert Miller was born in Corrimal, NSW about 1897. His enlistment documents indicate his parents were deceased when he enlisted and he named a sister, J. Trivett, as his next of kin. Robert was a...

Mills, Cecil Beaumont

Cecil Beaumont Mills was born at Shellharbour, N.S.W. He was the son of John Beaumont and Esther (nee Gerrett) Mills. He attended Auburn Public School (where his father was Headmaster)...

Mini, James Arthur

James Mini (Service No 1966) was born in Wattle Flat near Bathurst about 1876 and at the time of enlistment was a single 39 year old miner from Helensburgh. He embarked on HMAT A69 Warilda with...

Mintorn, Norman Franklin

Norman Mintorn (Service No 1586) was born about 1896 in Wollongong. His embarkation records show he was single, 20 year old, and employed as a clerk when he enlisted. He had previously served with...