James Weimer

Enlistment Date

23/01/1916

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

580

Battalion

34th Battalion, B Company

Fate

Returned

Fate Date

08/01/1919

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Birth

Adamstown, NSW

Religion

Methodist

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916

Although not a senior player in the Adamstown team before the war, James Weimer was selected to represent the 34th Battalion in a match against the 36th Battalion behind the trenches in 1917. He was twice wounded in action. He died in 1973, aged 81. His older brother Sergeant William Weimer, also a member of the Adamstown club, won the Belgian Croix de Guerre.