WEIR, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 6107, 6107A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Portadown, County. Armagh, Northern Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Richmond School, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW back and abdomen, 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 7 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave S. II. L. 17. INSCRIPTION TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINE OF THEE , St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6107, 1st Infantry Battalion, Cadets | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6107, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6107, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 14 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6107, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Gassed | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6107, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW back and abdomen DoW 12th General Hospital, France | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 6107A, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6107A awm_unit: 3 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Australian Pioneers
He was 20 and the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Weir.He hailed from Cornamuckley.
He is one of five Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Portadown War Memorial
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 13
Address
Gladstone Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
Enlistment date 1 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 11 March 1916
1st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/4
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916.
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs E Weir, Lawson Street, Mudgee, New South Wales.
His father and two brothers also served with Australian forces and all returned to Australia after the Great War.
They were:
Father: 566 Pte Joseph WEIR, 3rd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 21 December 1917;
Brothers:
7812 Pte George WEIR, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 31 May 1919;
527 Driver William WEIR, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 9 May 1919.
Commemorated on Portadown and District War Memorial, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland.
War service: Western Front
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