 Weir wrote the <unk> for the history of the 10th Battalion , titled The Fighting 10th : A South Australian Centenary <unk> of the 10th Battalion , AIF 1914 – 1919 , which was written by a former member of the battalion , Cecil Lock , and published in 1936 . In 1943 , Weir was badly injured in a car accident while returning from an <unk> camp at Victor Harbor . It was believed that his injuries in the accident contributed to his death on 14 November 1944 . Weir was survived by his wife Lydia , and his son Lionel and daughter <unk> from his first marriage . His brother , Harrison Weir , was the State Government <unk> . Weir was buried in West <unk> Cemetery . 
