Forenames

Norman William McDonald AWMM

Surname

Weir AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/39 AWMM
• WWII 30000 AWMM
• WWII 800278 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

6 Jul 1893 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Defence Department, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 James Weir (father), Pumping-station, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 1942 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Married/Jayforce AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM
• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/39 AWMM
• WWII 30000 AWMM
• WWII 800278 AWMM

Military service

18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) AWMM
• Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
• Legion of Merit (USA) AWMM
• Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) (Military) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Soldier/Military AWMM
• WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.419 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.419
• Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.141 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.141

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW2 Brigadier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.419 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.419 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• Jayforce Major General/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.141 British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.141 Headquarters, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

Post WW2 1949 AWMM
Retirement AWMM
Major General/Military AWMM
Chief of General Staff AWMM

Served: Auckland Regiment (Lieutenant) 1914-17

GOC 4 NZ Division 1942

OC NZ Troops in Egypt 1943-44

QMG Army Headquarters 1945

CGS 1946-49 AWMM

Death

11 Jul 1961 AWMM
Age  68 AWMM

Cemetery

Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24064508
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235274
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235275
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235276
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235277
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-001447.html
  Further Reference
• Norman Weir, Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Weir
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7052922
  Further Reference
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html
  Further Reference
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 766
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.419
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.141
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.