Sean Haydon Griffin's Family Tree

Meaney, Ernest John

Birth Name	Meaney, Ernest John
Gender	male
Relationship	second cousin once removed
Common Ancestor	Hehir (Hare), Patrick Joseph

Events

Birth	Ernest John Meaney,  1920  at  Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Motor mechanic,  1914
Military Service	Ernest John Meaney
Cause Of Death	Avitaminosis (chronic or long-term vitamin deficiency)
Death	Ernest John Meaney,  20 September 1943  at  Malaya
Burial	Ernest John Meaney,  after 20 September 1943  at  Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery, Saenchuto Road, Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Parents

Father	Meaney, John (Jack)
Mother	Mitchell, Veronica (Vera) Marion
Siblings	Meaney, Joan
	Meaney, Neil
	Meaney, Rex
	Meaney, John

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Narrative

Ernest John Meaney applied to join the Australian Army Service Corps on 28 March 1940 at Hawthorn, Victoria. He was 21 years 8 months old, single and before World War II he was a motor mechanic. Ernie was allocated the regimental number VX116744 and taken on strength of the No 2 COY AASC on 28 March 1940. He trained at Bonegilla, Victoria, during which time he was admitted to hospital on two occassions, once for an unspecified disease and later for a snake bite. On 28 August 1941 he disembarked at Singapore. Ernest was reported as missing on 6 April 1942 and on 9 June 1943 he was declared a Prisoner of War in Malaya (now Malaysia). Ernie died of the illness avitaminosis (chronic or long-term vitamin deficiency) in Siam (now Thailand) on 20 September 1943. He was 24 years old. After the war, Ernest's body was exhumed from Chungkai and reburied at the Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery, Thailand. Ernie left all of his belongings to his sister, Joan Margaret Meaney's, education.

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