WEIR  N.

Given Names:  Norman Robertson

               

Service Number: 

Unit:  46th Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  29 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Jeweller & Importer                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9¼ In                  

Weight:  210 Lbs

Chest:  40½-42 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  14/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Lucy Fay Weir

122 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  7/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Anchises A68

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Benalla  

Embarked:  25/8/1917                               

Disembarked:  27/10/1917

Unit:  46th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  25/2/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  52874

Victory Medal:  51765

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  29/5/1886

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Alexander WEIR                         

Mother:  Lucy Fay CHALLENGER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Lillian Emma OATWAY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/11/1964                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary