Walter WEIR

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Service Number:	2048
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Bienvillers, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2048, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2048, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2048, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
31 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, At Ferry Post
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Driver, 2048, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2048 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-11-23

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Attestation paper states the his name should read Walter Vance Weir which appears on a letter with the Australian Natives letterhead

Son of Albert Edward and Alice Jane Weir of Francis Street, Yarraville, Vic. previously 36 Newcastle Street, Yarraville, Vic.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Forces