Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Mealey F P Gunner 27564 Francis Patrick 14 FAB 18 Shipping clerk Single R C
Address: Essendon, Shaftesbury St, 15
Next of Kin: Mealey, F J, father, Shaftesbury St, Essendon, 15
Enlisted: 6 May 1916
Embarked: A30 Borda 20 Oct 1916
Relatives:
Mealey-F-J-Pte-1889 brother
CORRESPONDENCE
F J Mealey, father of Gunner F P Mealey, to the Editor of The Argus in favour of Conscription. 25 Nov 1916
Article in Essendon Gazette dated 28 Jun 1917, containing a letter from his brother Mealey-F-J-Pte-1889
Gnr. F. P. Mealey, second eldest son of Mr. F. J. Mealey, Shaftesbury st., Essendon, has been wounded while on service in France. He left Australia in October, 1916, and his brother, Warrant-Officer, F. J. Mealey, has been on continuous service in Gallipoli and France since May, 1915.
ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, November 22). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604374
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GASSED.
MEALEY - Mr and Mrs F J Mealey, Essendon, have been advised that their second son, Gunner Francis V [sic] Mealey has been gassed, but is progressing satisfactorily. He had previously been wounded twice. His elder brother, Warrant Officer F J Mealey, 6th Battalion, is still in hospital wounded.
The Argus Saturday 26 October 1918 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1439427
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Gunner F. P. Mealey, second son of Mr. F. J. Mealey, Essendon, has been gassed, but is progressing satisfactorily. He had previously been twice wounded. His elder brother, Warrant Officer F.J. Mealey, 6th Battalion, is still in hospital, wounded.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, October 31). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607519
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