21/01/1915- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
25/01/1915-To 11th Battalion 5th Reinforcements Blackboy Hill WA as Private
16/06/1915-Joined 11th Battalion in the Field Dardanelles
6/08/1915-Wounded in Action Gallipoli ( Shrapnel Wounds Shoulders ) ex 2 Aust Field Ambulance ea 2 Aust Casualty Clearing Station
5/09/1915-Transferred 2nd Aux Hospital Heliopolis Egypt
11/08/1915-Admitted 1st Aust General Hospital Heliopolis then transferred 3rd Aux Hospital
27/10/1915-Admitted A&NZ Convalescent Depot Egypt
12/11/1915-Discharged to Duty ex Zeitoun Egypt
15/12/1915-To No. 4 Aux Hospital Abbassia Egypt ( Measles )
7/01/1916-Rejoined Unit in the Field Egypt Tel-el-Kebir
12/01/1916-Admitted 2nd Aust General Hospital Ghezireh ( Gunshot Wound Shoulder )
21/01/1916-Transferred 2nd Aux Hospital Heliopolis
28/01/1916-To Base Depot Zeitoun
10/03/1916–Rejoined Unit in the Field Serapeum Egypt
5/04/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
22/07/1916-Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wound Left Leg ) ex 2 Aust Field Ambulance ex 44 Casualty Clearing Station
24/07/1916-Admitted 16th General Hospital Treport France
29/07/1916-Evacuated/Admitted Graylingwell War Hospital Chichester England ex Havre France
14/08/1916- Discharged to No. 1 Command Depot Perham Downs England
29/08/1916-To 3rd Training Battalion Durrington England
10/09/1916-Proceeded Overseas 1st Aust Division Base Depot Etaples France
23/09/1916-Joined 1st Aust Division Pioneers in the Field Belgium
17/11/1916-Transferred 11th Battalion in the Field France
16/04/1917-Reported MISSING IN ACTION France
16/04/1917-Reported Captured at Tronville Langicourt France and taken as German PRISONER OF WAR and Interred Limburg Camp
13/05/1917-Confirmed Died at Field Dressing Station Templeuve France
Service Medals Awarded
1914/15 Star – No. 5015
British War Medal – No. 10960
Victory Medal – No. 10913
Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 327214
Memorial Inscription
Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 63
PRISONER OF WAR – RED CROSS FILES SUMMARY
9/06/1917- Reference Pte. Barlow, 6000, No. 11 Convalescent Camp Buchy near Rouen France – ” Missing 16/04/1917. Informant states that Llew Meredith came from Cookernup, Western Australia and that he knew him very well. On the Sunday after Easter Day the Germans came over and surrounded the whole of No. 15 Platoon which had somehow or other got out of position. All were taken prisoners , and informant saw their hands go up “.
5/07/1917- London- From German List dated 2/06/1917- ” Missing 15/04/1917. Prisoner of War – Interred at Limburg. Captured Prouville 15/04/1917 “.
3/08/1917- London- From German Death List dated 3/07/1917- ” Prisoner of War. Reported Died Feld Lazarette “.
21/09/1917- London- Certified by German Nachlass List dated 27/08/1917- ” Prisoner of War. Died 13/05/1917 no further particulars given “.
19/01/1918- London- letter from German Red Cross Berlin dated 22/12/1917- ” Prisoner of War. Our investigations re 1979 Meredith have so far yielded no results. We will however continue them and will communicate with you if successful “.
1/08/1918- London- Information from the Irish Womens Association by letter to Central Prisoner of War dated 18/06/1918- ” Now reported at Limburg camp “.
11/09/1918- London- ” Rept: Died. Your Cable 30/07- Last letter received from above dated 2nd April before capture. Twenty one letters sent to him have been returned “.
10/01/1919- A. D. C. London- From Informant Pte. G. Carvill 6022, 11th Battalion D Company 15th Platoon statement to Red Cross- ” Died Prisoner of War. Meredith of D Company 15th Platoon . He contracted fever while working behind the line at Auerlin , France. He was taken to Hospital at Templeux where he died. Know nothing of burial. I saw him the night before he was taken away. He was then very weak from want of food. Didn’t ask for anything “.
26/03/1919- London – Statement from Captain Mills dated 22/03/1919- ” Died Prisoner of War. Paybook sent in acc. list 3/08/1917 ( Croix- Rouge , Geneva ). Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Berlin- Card exists- Died 13/05/1917- Buried at Templeure ( Dep. Nord ) Cemetery, E Grave No. 66. Enquiries are being made from Army Corps concerned as to cause of Death and Grave Location “.