WESTON, David

DIVISIONAL UNIT:        5th Canadian Infantry Division
                                             14th Infantry Brigade
                                             161st Battalion - Huron County – Ontario
                                             Canadian Infantry Corps
SERVICE NO:                   654839
RESIDENCE:                    Goderich – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            June 23, 1882
                                             Goderich – Goderich Township – County of Huron - Ontario
DATE OF DEATH:           March 25, 1917                    34 years     9 months
CEMETERY:                     Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard – Bramshott –
                                             Hampshire – England
                                             I     G     1
WIFE:                                 Mrs. Emma Weston – Goderich - Ontario
PARENTS:                         Mr. John and Sarah Weston – Goderich - Ontario
Occupation:                        Labourer                               Religion:     Presbyterian
Enlistment:                         Goderich – March 21, 1916 – 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age:                 33 years     9 months

Private Weston arrived in Liverpool on November 11, 1916 and then moved to Witley Camp - Surrey and it was here he was placed in the “sick detention hut” on February 7, 1917 leaving three days later.
He was then admitted to the Bramshott Military Hospital on February 13, 1917 and the staff suspects Addisons Disease. His symtoms are loss of weight, failing strength, anemic and discoloured skin. He had been a labourer in a flour mill.
Prior to his enlistment his weight was 177 pounds and two weeks prior to his death he was at 148 pounds. 
Private Weston died at the Canadian Military Hospital located at Bramshott from Addison Disease at 5:15 am.