Joseph Thomas Meley

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First Name:

Joseph

Middle Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Meley

Mother's Name:

Annie Meley nee Meyers

Father's Name:

John Meley

Date Enlisted:

Saturday, February 19, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Trooper

Rank at Discharge:

Trooper

Unit:

Lighht Horse Regiment

Company:

11th

Service:

Cavalry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Saturday, January 23, 1960

Place of Death:

Brisbane, Qld

Details:

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 motorman. His enlistment papers state he served in the Boer War.

Joseph married Valburg Nielsen, in Queensland, on 8th January 1913.

He embarked on RMS Mongolia, with the 11th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement, on 8th July 1916. He arrived in Egypt and saw service in the Middle East. Joseph had a number of hospital admissions for illness but no wounding on file. He was returned to Australia in April 1919 and discharged medically unfit on 13th July 1919.

Joseph died in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1960.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, MELEY JOSEPH THOMAS