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Andrew Carnegie Booth FAIRWEATHER

Regimental number1291
Date of birth12 July 1880
Place of birthArbroath, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address19 Reservoir Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height6' 0.25"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Fairweather, 19 Reservoir Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 6.5 years in the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery.
Enlistment date10 October 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateDied of disease 16 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialHamburg Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 12), Ohlsdorf, Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Emma FAIRWEATHER,22 Albion Street, Surrey Hills, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FAIRWEATHER Andrew Carnegie Booth

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