Francis James Meehan

Forenames

Francis James AWMM

Surname

Meehan AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/981 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

30 September 1888

Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - Archives NZ WW 1 Army Records 12/981

Place of birth

Feilding

Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - Archives NZ WW 1 Army Records 12/981

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 48 Nelson Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

T. Meehan (father), Queen Street, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/981 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Francis Meehan was the son of Thomas and Annie Meehan, of Feilding, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Meehan, Queen St, Fielding (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

5 May 1915 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM E. 82. AWMM

Memorial name

Memorial on the tombstone of John Meehan in the Feilding Cemetery

Public - Allan - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Taken from tombstone and from the Feilding Cemetery records

Memorial reference

Block 1 Row 134 Plot 60

Public - Allan - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Taken from tombstone and from the Feilding Cemetery records

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21374408
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/109434/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/109434
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 497
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.