The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of 761 Private Albert Edward Meggy, 3 Battalion AIF, Gallipoli, 1915, and 2951 Private Douglas Acland Meggy, 3 Battalion AIF, Western Front, 1916. Collection consists of four letters from General William Birdwood and three letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Haylock Owen, to Mrs. Sarah Myrtle Meggy, mother of Albert and Douglas Meggy. Collection also contains two letters from C E W Bean to Mr. Percy Robert Meggy, father of Albert and Douglas. Other items in the collection include various correspondence from the Red Cross Society, letters of condolence, and two remembrance cards.
Biographical note: 761 Private Albert Edward Meggy, 3 Battalion AIF. Farmer, of Neutral Bay and Leeton, NSW. Born in Paddington, NSW, 1894; educated at Neutral Bay Public School; joined the AIF on 24 August 1914; killed in action at Lone Pine between 6 and 12 August 1915,aged 21. Son of Percy Robert and Sarah Myrtle Meggy, of Glen Echo, Rangers Avenue, Cremorne, New South Wales.
Biographical note: 2951 Private Douglas Acland Meggy, 3 Battalion AIF. Accountant, of Neutral Bay NSW. Born in Paddington, NSW, 1896; educated at Fort Street Public School, Sydney and Hurlstone Continuation College; joined the AIF on 13 May 1915; left Australia in September 1915; killed in action at Pozieres between 22 and 27 July 1916, aged 20.
Collection relating to the service of 761 Private Albert Edward Meggy, 3 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of twenty-one letters written by Private Meggy to fa
Collection relating to the service of 2415 Private Norman Burnett McWhinney, 23 Battalion, at sea, Egypt, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of twenty-three typescript copies of letters written b
LETTERS AND BRIEF DIARY RELATING TO MEGGY'S ENLISTMENT AND SERVICE IN FRANCE
Collection relating to the service of Captain Ernest Albert Warren, 27 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of three letters written by Warren to his brother. Bi
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Albert Charles Cox, 53 Battalion and 14 Machine Gun Company, Egypt and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in New South W
Collection relating to the service of 541 Private William George McSparron, 2 Battalion AIF, Egypt, 1915. Collection consists of typescript extracts from two letters written by Private William McSpar