John Bryce WEIR

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Service Number:	4937
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Largs, Scotland., date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XI, Row D, Grave 7, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda District Roll of Honour

1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4937, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4937, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle

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16th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 15th Reinforcement

He was 41 and the son of James Weir and the late Elizabeth Weir.

Age on arrival in Australia 34.

Mother, Mrs E Weir, 6 Knebworth Avenue, Perth, Western Australia

Enlistment date 17 December 1915

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/33/3

Age at embarkation 38

Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916.

War service: Western Front

He is one of three Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Largs War Memorial.