GRAEME, Roy Weir
| Service Number: | 39424 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jackaroo |
| Died: | District Hospital, Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 39424, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 3 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 39424, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 39424, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Port Darwin, Sydney | |
| 18 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 39424, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Gnr Roy Weir GRAEME
Regimental Number: 39424
Unit Name: Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 34
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Jackeroo
Address: Pine St., Hay, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 20 years 4 months
Enlistment Date and Place:
18 December 1917, Darlinghurst, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Henry Weir Graeme, Pine Street, Hay, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Gunner
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW,
on board HMAT Port Darwin. on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll: Gunner
Unit from Nominal Roll: 4th Division Ammunition Column
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: He was hospitalised with an injured eye, 3 May 1918, and then again on 19 May 1918 with influenza, both times whilst at sea on the way to Suez, Egypt, where he disembarked 7 June 1918 and went into the Australian Camp. He was transferred to Alexandria, Egypt, on 3 July 1918, and from there he went to Southampton, England, disembarking 16 July 1918. On the 27 October 1918, he proceeded to Rouelles, France. On 23 November 1918 he was appointed a Driver. In April 1919 he went to Brussels, Belgium, on leave; on 10 May 1919 he was re-mustered as a Gunner. By 20 May 1919 he was returned to Southampton, England from LeHavre, France, to await his return to Australia.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HMAT City of Exeter, 12 July 1919, disembarking in Sydney on
26 August 1919, and discharged on 10 September 1919. He married Doris Decima Mackenzie,
23 April 1927, St John's Church, Terara, NSW.
Place of Death: 22 October 1965, District Hospital, Bingara, NSW
Place of Burial: Bingara General Cemetery, Bingara, NSW
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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