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WEIR, Michael John Watt
Personal Details
Service Number: | 275 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dunedin, New Zealand , date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 18 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France V. A. 1. France |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 275, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 275, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
29 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
30 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
8 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
14 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
4 Jun 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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