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Hilton Thomas WEIR

Regimental number6106
Place of birthHillEnd, New South Wales
SchoolHill End Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPlasterer
AddressArabella Street, Longueville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Weir, Hill End, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave 12), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry George and Martha Jane WEIR.
Family/military connectionsBrother: Harry Lawrence Weir, killed in action, France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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