Private John Christian Herweg

Service number 1032
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds
Death Date 04/09/1915
Death Place Egypt
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Private John Christian Herweg (1032, 23rd Battalion) was a plumber's assistant from Moonee Ponds, Victoria. John died in Heliopolis, Egypt, of acute dilation of the heart and diptheria on 4 September 1915 aged 17 years 4 months. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. John had two brothers who also served in the AIF: Lance Corporal Herman Robert Herweg, and Bombardier Thomas George Herweg who died of wounds in France in October 1918.

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Timeline

Date of embarkation 08/05/1915
Date of fate 04/09/1915
Date of death 04/09/1915
Date of enlistment 15/03/1915