WEIR, William
| Service Number: | 1636 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pyalong, Victoria, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Pyalong, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1636, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1636, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
Mary Ann Milsom
I have uploaded a photograph of Mary Ann Weir (nee Milsom). This is an image of Mary Ann Milsom and Thomas Milsoms daughter. There is also confusion as most information state it is the older mother (Irish Famine Orphan) but it is the daughter born in 1853.
Submitted 12 September 2021 by gaele whitehouse
Williams grandparents
William grandparents were Mary Ann McCready and Thomas Milsom. There is confusion between the mother and the grandmother as they both have the same given names, Mary Ann. I think if you research the dates of their birth you will also realise it is the grandparents and not the parents which is being referred to as the Irish Orphan and Tasmanian convict. Williams grandparents married in Kilmore in 1852. His mother Mary Ann gave birth to her daughter Mary Ann in 1853.
Williams aunty Lily was my great grandmother who married Richard Collins also from Pyalong
Submitted 12 September 2021 by gaele whitehouse
Biography
William was wounded at Gallipoli. He received a shrapnel wound to his arm (19th July 1915) and the following year was discharged from the army as an invalid with Otitis Medium on 8th March 1916. For some reason he refused an army pension as was recommened he be in receipt of by the District Standing Medical Board. He received the Star Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal for his services.
William is the son of Mary Ann Milsom (daughter of Irish Famine Orphan Mary Ann McReady and Tasmanian Convict Thomas Milsom). William's father is Joseph Weir, 2nd husband to Mary Ann Milsom who was formerly married to John Todd until Todd's death in the mid 1880s.
William's brother, George Weir, died in action in Belgium near Polygon Wood in World War One.
A photo of William's mother:
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