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Stanley Price Weir
(23 April 1866 – 14 November 1944) was a public servant and
Australian Army
officer. During World War I, he commanded the
10th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force during the
landing at Anzac Cove
and the Gallipoli campaign against the Ottoman Turks
, and during the
battles of Pozières and Mouquet Farm
in France. Weir returned to Australia at his own request at the age of 50 in late 1916, when he was appointed as the first public service commissioner of
South Australia
. In 1917 he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order and was mentioned in despatches
for his performance at Pozières and Mouquet Farm. On his retirement from the
Australian Military Forces
in 1921, he was given an honorary promotion to
brigadier general
, only the second officer born in South Australia to reach this rank. Before his retirement from public service in 1931, Weir was the chairman of both the Central Board of Health and the Public Relief Board. (
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