FAIRWEATHER, James Burdett
| Service Number: | 9510 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Montrose, Scotland, 11 November 1873 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Montrose Academy |
| Occupation: | Shipwright |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 December 1916, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Row F, Grave No. 47 INSCRIPTION ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9510, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 9510, 11th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 9510, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 9510, 4th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served under the alias of his middle name, Burdett.
He had previously seen 7 years service in Scotland with the 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch Volunteers.
Although married, he gave his Next of Kin as his sister, Clara A. Fairweather of 69, Ferry Street, Montrose, Scotland.
He is one of seven Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Montrose War Memorial. There are at least the same number of Montrose born Australian soldiers who fell and are not recorded there.
Montrose (Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Rois) is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed at a natural harbour that traded in skins, hides and cured salmon in medieval times.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Burdett FAIRWEATHER was born on 11th November, 1873 in Montrose, Scotland
His parents were David FAIRWEATHER and Isabella McDONALD.
He married Ann JARVIS in Scotland
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Montrose War Memorial in Scotland
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Embarked (www.awm.gov.au) as James BURDETT - Correct name James Burdett FAIRWEATHER
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