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Alexander WEIR

Regimental number3279
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolMosman Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address264 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs A I Weir, 264 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Naval Reserve for four years.
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death20.11
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Area P, Plot XI, Row N, Grave 4b), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Annie Isabel WEIR.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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