Son of Godfriedt Meffert and Minnie Brandes
(BDM VIC reg: 21477/1877)
He died aged 42 and lived in Keswick
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 425/38)
Australian Army Medical Corps
A funeral notice was published in The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Mon 20 Jan 1919 Page 2 - Interred on the 20 Jan 1919
BIG GUNNERY.
Mr Godfrey Meffert, of Petina, has lately received a letter from his brother, Pte. Charlie Meffert, who was among the first who enlisted from this district and also was a member of the famous 10th. Battalion, being with the landing party when Gallipoli was first set foot on by our lads. He wrote from Egypt on January 8th., and states that a letter received the previous day was the first that had come to hand since his departure from Australia. He says be is in the best of health, and discourses with regard to various happenings on the Peninsula, similar to which have previously been chronicled in these columns, and, in remarking on gunnery, says that, though an ordinary 3 cwt. shell plays havoc with the surroundings, they are but peas compared with the ones the Queen Elizabeth puts out. " These weigh 15lbs. short of a ton, and you can guess what they are like going overhead; they blow our hats off. I have seen guns going up 50ft. or more when struck. It makes a bonza sight."
West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA : 1912 - 1954) Sat 25 Mar 1916 Page 2
Son of Godfriedt Meffert and Minnie Brandes
(BDM VIC reg: 21477/1877)
He died aged 42 and lived in Keswick
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 425/38)
Australian Army Medical Corps
A funeral notice was published in The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Mon 20 Jan 1919 Page 2 - Interred on the 20 Jan 1919
BIG GUNNERY.
Mr Godfrey Meffert, of Petina, has lately received a letter from his brother, Pte. Charlie Meffert, who was among the first who enlisted from this district and also was a member of the famous 10th. Battalion, being with the landing party when Gallipoli was first set foot on by our lads. He wrote from Egypt on January 8th., and states that a letter received the previous day was the first that had come to hand since his departure from Australia. He says be is in the best of health, and discourses with regard to various happenings on the Peninsula, similar to which have previously been chronicled in these columns, and, in remarking on gunnery, says that, though an ordinary 3 cwt. shell plays havoc with the surroundings, they are but peas compared with the ones the Queen Elizabeth puts out. " These weigh 15lbs. short of a ton, and you can guess what they are like going overhead; they blow our hats off. I have seen guns going up 50ft. or more when struck. It makes a bonza sight."
West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA : 1912 - 1954) Sat 25 Mar 1916 Page 2
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