John Fortescue Law WEATHERHEAD

WEATHERHEAD, John Fortescue Law

Service Number: 298
Enlisted: 26 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Camperdown, Victoria, 1889
Home Town: Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling: State School
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

26 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 298, Melbourne, Victoria
25 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Light Horse Regiment
7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 298 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Fortescue Law WEATHERHEAD was born in Camperdown, Victoria in 1889

His parents were John Stroyan WEATHERHEAD & Elizabeth LAW