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Meads Frederick
British 
Private
53rd Bn. Australian Infantry

London , England
26 september 1917
Son of the late Henry Alphonsus and Elizabeth Lilian Meads
Single

Ships fireman , Mercantile Marine

5'7" = 1.70 m
146 lbs = 66.2 kg
Medium complexion
Brown 
Blue
Scar middle forehead and right side
Church of England
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery
Plot I , Row B , Stone 13

Military footsteps

26 april 1916
17 may 1916

1 june 1916 

20 june 1916

7 october 1916
21 november 1916
17 february 1917




20 june 1917


2 july 1917

6 august 1917
8 august 1917
25 august 1917
26 august 1917
26 september 1917

Enlisted and posted to the Dubbo Depot Battalion , New South Wales
Offence : Drink in Cap about 9.20 pm
Award : 7 days Field Punishment
Offence : While on duty , allowing  prisoner to escape
Award : Reprimanded
Offence : Having liquor in possession while on guard duty.
Award : Forfeiture 10 days pay.
Embarked at Sydney , per HMAT 'Ceramic' 
Disembarked at Plymouth , England
Offence : Absent without leave
from 9 am (15 feb) till 10 pm (16 feb)
Award : 7 days confnement to barracks at Hurdcott by Capt. Vine-Hall
Forfeit 2 days pay.
Absent without leave
Offence : Absent without leave 20 june 1917 at Hurdcott Camp from 6 am (20 june) till apprehended at 8.30 pm (27 june)
Award : 21 days Field Punishment N°2 by Major Holland.
In custody awaiting trial 4 days
Total forfeiture : 33 days pay.
Proceeded to France , via Folkestone ex 14th Training Battalion , Hurdcott Camp
Marched in 5 th Australian Divisional Base Depot  at Havre , France
Marched out to unit
Taken on strength 53rd Bn. AIF , in the field
Killed in action during the Battle of Polygon Wood

HMAT ' Ceramic'

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