William WEIR

Regimental number15268
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Weir, Pukehiki Peninsula, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Plot III, Row I, Grave No 8), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Cochrane and Alison Weir
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 10

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