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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | MEEHAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Patrick |
| Regimental Number | | 1082 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 1st Australian Horse |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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McLachlan: ?MEEHAN MP page 203.
Murray: died Adelaide 24.1.1900.
URL2: 1912 wreath laying ceremony at grave in Catholic Cemetery West Terrace Adelaide SA, died 29.1.1900 in Adelaide Hospital en route to South Africa.
URL4: military funeral of Tpr. MEEHAN NSW Contingent from Adelaide Hospital to West Terrace Cemetery 31.1.1900.
URL1: Muswellbrook 27.12.1899, Corporal YATES, Privates MEEHAN, ALLWOOD and BOWEN (G Company), also DOWSE (late New South Wales Lancers), CAVANAGH (Irish Fusiliers), and KEAY (late Queensland Reserve Forces) left this morning. They were accorded a send-off. Privates J CURRAN and E. SWEENEY leave this afternoon. Six horses were trucked to-day.
URL6: "WAITING FOR THE REVEILLE." Sergeant G HEANEY has sent us a photograph of a monument erected over the grave - in the Catholic Cemetery, West Terrace - of Trooper PW MEEHAN, of the Australian Horse, who died in Adelaide from pneumonia while on his way to the front. The monument was erected by funds subscribed and collected by a committee of the Military Band, and augmented by the proceeds of a sacred rotunda concert given by the band some months ago. The stone is a beautiful piece of work, executed by Mr. W DARBY, of Grenfell Street, at a cost of £28, and has been photographed by Mr. SJ DAILEY, of Franklin Street. On the stone is the following inscription - "In memory of Trooper PW MEEHAN, Australian Horse, NSW Contingent, who died at the Adelaide Hospital en route to South Africa, 29.1.1900. Aged 28 years. Waiting for the Reveille. Erected by the SA Military Band." After paying for the monument a balance was obtained,
and this has been forwarded to Mrs. MEEHAN, together with photos of the grave and monument. Photographs have also been sent to the New South Wales Staff Office and to the Non-Commissioned Officers' Club in Sydney. The committee responsible for the success of the generous movement consisted of Bandmaster HODDER, Sergeant MALEY, Privates [illegible], MCNUTTY and O'SULLIVAN, Sergeant HEANEY Secretary and Lance-Corporal INGERSON Treasurer.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 47 203
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 16.9.1912
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 1.2.1900
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 28.12.1899 & 30.1.1900
Ad. Observer: Observer newspaper, Adelaide date(s) 4.8.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5335178?searchTerm=South+African+Veterans+Association | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23828319 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14216841 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14291510 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162401615 |
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