WEAVER, James Edward
| Service Number: | 202 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Booligal, New South Wales, Australia , 6 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hillston, Carrathool, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hillston Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 August 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot IV, Row D, Grave 19. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hillston Memorial Park Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 202, 36th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 202, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 202, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 24 and the son of Thomas George and Eliza Weaver, of Gum Vale, Hillston, New South Wales. His brother, Private Thomas George Weaver, Service Number 201, aged 31 also fell. He also served with the 36th Bn.
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. and with consecutive Service Numbers, it appears they enlisted together.
Headstone Inscription: NO LOVED ONES STOOD AROUND HIM TO BID A FOND FAREWELL
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
This family was beset by tragedy during WW1, their youngest boy, aged 15, drowning in a tank on their property on New Years Day 1915. They then lost two sons, both died of wounds during 1917.
James joined the 36th Battalion in France during late 1916. He was in the same Company as his brother, and was present when Thomas was mortally wounded during March 1917. Only two months later, James was very badly gassed on 29 May 1917, and was treated for a fortnight in a Field Ambulance. He was again severely wounded on 11 July 1917 in Belgium, with gunshot wounds to the head and arm. He went through a series of hospitals before reaching a General Hospital in St. Omer, France on 1 August 1917. He died of his wounds, a month after they had been inflicted, on 13 August 1917.
Another brother, 1732 Private John James Weaver 1st Light Horse Regiment, enlisted during 1915 and returned to Australia 5 March 1919.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
This family was beset by tragedy during WW1, their youngest boy, aged 15, drowning in a tank on their property on New Years Day 1915. They then lost two sons, both died of wounds during 1917.
James joined the 36th Battalion in France during late 1916. He was in the same Company as his brother, and was present when Thomas was mortally wounded during March 1917. Only two months later, James was very badly gassed on 29 May 1917, and was treated for a fortnight in a Field Ambulance. He was again severely wounded on 11 July 1917 in Belgium, with gunshot wounds to the head and arm. He went through a series of hospitals before reaching a General Hospital in St. Omer, France on 1 August 1917. He died of his wounds, a month after they had been inflicted, on 13 August 1917.
Another brother, 1732 Private John James Weaver 1st Light Horse Regiment, enlisted during 1915 and returned to Australia 5 March 1919.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
This family was beset by tragedy during WW1, their youngest boy, aged 15, drowning in a tank on their property on New Years Day 1915. They then lost two sons, both died of wounds during 1917.
James joined the 36th Battalion in France during late 1916. He was in the same Company as his brother, and was present when Thomas was mortally wounded during March 1917. Only two months later, James was very badly gassed on 29 May 1917, and was treated for a fortnight in a Field Ambulance. He was again severely wounded on 11 July 1917 in Belgium, with gunshot wounds to the head and arm. He went through a series of hospitals before reaching a General Hospital in St. Omer, France on 1 August 1917. He died of his wounds, a month after they had been inflicted, on 13 August 1917.
Another brother, 1732 Private John James Weaver 1st Light Horse Regiment, enlisted during 1915 and returned to Australia 5 March 1919.
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