John David Hilton WEATHERHEAD
Year of Birth: 1918
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 5 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Corporal
Unit(s): 2/5 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Service Number: NX56644
Died: 8 June 1945
Age: 25 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot B – Row A – Grave 1
John David Weatherhead was born 7 October 1918 in Sydney, New South Wales, to Gerald Hinton and Muriel Linda (Meadows) Weatherhead. He had a sister, Joyce, born 1917.
He enlisted in Paddington New South Wales and his next of kin was his mother, Muriel.
In the 1941 electoral roll it has John living at Heathcote, with his mother, and his occupation a clerk.
John served in the Middle East and New Guinea. His death is recorded as accidental.
John David Hinton Weatherhead’s name is on Sydney Roll of Honour board and also located at panel 24 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (WEATHERHEAD John David Hinton) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Rolls
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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