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John Patrick WEIR

Regimental number15922
Date of birth10 April 1887
Place of birthLucknow, India
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlasterer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Lillian Weir, Spring Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 114 days in 1st Field Ambulance; discharged as medically unfit.
Enlistment date12 November 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAnzac Mounted Divisional Train
FateReturned to Australia 15 March 1919
Discharge date1 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 15 March 1919; arrived Melbourne, 20 April 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 1 June 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 219 John Patrick WEIR for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, WEIR John Patrick

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