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Francis Victor WEIGHT

Regimental number6905
Place of birthWoollahra, New South Wales
SchoolRedfern Public School, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinFather, Francis Joseph Weight, 461 Toorak Road, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Naval Force H.M.S. Psyche and Australia.
Enlistment date2 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 29 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHebuterne, France
Age at death45
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave 9), Colincamps, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis Joseph and Mary Elizabeth WEIGHT.
Family/military connectionsNephew: Francis Weight AIF, M.M.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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