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Military Information

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  • Service no: 45283
  • Rank: Corporal
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1884
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    Elizabeth Stewart

  • Children:

    Stewart, born 1908

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  • Date of Death: 1945
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More about David Fairweather

On David’s return from France he had difficulty in returning to civilian life, finally deserting his wife Elizabeth and son and sailed for Canada. Again he did not settle there and returned to Dundee with a new wife having been divorced on the grounds of desertion.

Information kindly supplied by Hilary Muir

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