WEATHERBURN, John Stapleton
| Service Number: | 1007 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Berwick-on-Tweed,, Northumberland, United Kingdom, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Corporation Academy, Berwick on Tweed, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick-Upon-Tweed War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1007, 1st Infantry Battalion, Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1007, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1007, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Stapleton WEATHERBURN was burn on Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England in 1883
His parents were Alexander WEATHERBURN & Elizabeth MORRALLEE
He had previously served in the Royal Field Artillery for 12 years before coming to Australia and enlisted in Sydney on 29th August, 1914
John was Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 2nd May, 1915 - no known grave
IN MEMORY
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Weatherburn of 11 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, Northumberland.
He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Berwick-upon-Tweed War Memorial.
[Births Jun 1883 WEATHERBURN John Stapleton Berwick 10b 398]
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