Jack Henry WEINGARTH

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WEINGARTH, Jack Henry

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	11 January 1917, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 17 May 1892
Home Town:	Darling Point, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marist Brothers High School & St Josephs College, Hunters Hill, Sydney
Occupation:	Licensed Surveyor
Died:	Flight training accident , Gloucestershire, England, 4 February 1919, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Leighterton Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England
Memorials:	Double Bay War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1917:	Enlisted Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Sydney, New South Wales
11 May 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
4 Feb 1919:	Involvement Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1919-02-04

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Biography contributed

Jack Henry WEINGARTH was born in Sydney on 17th May, 1892

His parents were John Leopold WEINGARTH & Gertrude LAWN who married on 30th June 1891 in St James Catholic Church in Glebe, Sydney

Biography

"...2nd Lieutenant Jack Henry Weingarth... Later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Weingarth served as a pilot with No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in France, and as an instructor at No. 6 (Training) Squadron AFC at Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. He was killed in action, along with a cadet, during a training accident near Gloucestershire on 4 February 1919, aged 26." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Son of John L. and Gertrude Weingarth, of 10, Castlereagh St., Sydney, New South Wales.

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