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John Bryce WEIR

Regimental number4937
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolPublic School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia34
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationOrchardist
AddressKalamunda, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Weir, 6 Knebworth Avenue, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death41
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row D, Grave 7), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth WEIR.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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