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FAIRWEATHER, Andrew Carnegie Booth

Service Number:	1291
Enlisted:	10 October 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Arbroath, Scotland, 12 July 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wellington Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of War, Germany, 16 October 1916, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Hamburg Cemetery, Germany V C 12,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1291, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1291, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
16 Oct 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1291, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1291 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-16

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alexander and Emma FAIRWEATHER,22 Albion Street, Surrey Hills, New South Wales