Name Lawrence Carthage Weathers No.
VC Issue No. 1072 Awards VC
Regiment Australian Imperial Force, 43rd (South Australia) Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Temporary Corporal
Rank End Of Career Temporary Corporal
Place Of Birth Te Koparu, near Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand
Place Of Death North-east of Peronne, Aisne, France
Buried/Location Ashes Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, 12 miles north-east of Peronne, Aisne, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot III, Row C, Grave 5
Gazetted 26 December 1918
VC Presented 6 March 1920 by GOC 5th Army, General Sir William Birdwood at Adelaide, Australia to his widow, Annie
Memorials
P Headstone, Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, 12 miles north-east of Peronne, Aisne, France
Named on Roll of Honour, Panel 137, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Display, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Named on Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville, New Zealand
Named on War Memorial, Panel 7 2nd Column, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Named on Victoria Cross Plaque, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Weathers Place, Taradale, Napier, New Zealand
Weathers Street, Elisabeth East, SA, Australia
P Named on Memorial Board, RSL HQ, Adelaide, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Borella Road, Peards Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Ingleburn RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia
By The Way…
Before the war he worked as a Undertaker
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
