WEIR, William
| Service Number: | 527 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cornamucklagh, County Arrmagh, Northern Ireland, 20 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bowral, Wingecarribee - New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1977, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Location of Ashes - Loggia Court 2 B/146 |
| Memorials: | Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 527, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 527, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Arrived in Australia, 1910
Next of kin
Mrs E Weir, c/o V D Cox, Burrumdulle, Mudgee, New South Wales
Enlistment date 24 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Driver
Field Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/29/1
Age at embarkation 21
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on 18 October 1914.
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
His father 566 Private Joseph Weir served with the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia, 21 December 1917.
His brothers also served:
7812 Private George Weir, 1st Battalion, returned to Australia, 31 May 1919;
6107 Private Joseph WEIR, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, died of wounds, 7 October 1918, France.
War service: joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 4 April 1915; transferred to 4th Divisional Artillery 21 February 1916; taken on strength, 21st Howitzer Brigade, 11 March 1916; transferred to 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, 14 July 1916; embarked for return to Australia per H.T. 'Kashmir' 9 March 1919.
Returned to Australia 9 May 1919
Age at death 84