Joseph WEIR

Regimental number8/3786
OccupationBushman
Next of kinSister, Mrs M Harland, Morgan Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit11th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1918
Place of burial Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No 16), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jessie Weir, Pumping Station, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 32

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