Joseph Alfred WESTON

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WESTON, Joseph Alfred

Service Numbers:	46, 61946
Enlisted:	30 November 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Guildford, Victoria, 10 March 1884
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stevadore/Farmer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, 1 November 1936, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church Of England: Compartment R Grave 0677.
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World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
28 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 46, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 46, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
5 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61946, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61946, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, SS Zealandic, Melbourne
8 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61946, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged (Medical): 08/03/1920, medically diagnosed-Illness-Gastritis, From Date: 01/05/1919, admitted -as per stated- [3rd A.A.H] 3rd Australian Army Hospital-England, To Embarkation Date: 16/06/1919, Ship- "HT Ormonde"; Disembarked Date: 01/08/1919, en-route and final admission to [3rd M.D.] 3rd Medical District-Melbourne, Victoria; (NAA, Pg-38).

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Biography

Served in AIF (WW1) 1 Dec 1914 - 16 Jun 1919.
Enlisted 1 Dec 1915 - 24 Jan 1916
Regimental Number: 46
Unit: 13 Light Horse Regiment.

Promoted CPL 29 Mar 1915.
Promoted A/SGT 28 May1915.

Promoted SGT 9 Aug 1915.
Embarked for Suez on "Persic" and returned on the "Wiltshire" 31 Aug 1915.
Returned to Australia

Discharged
Re-enlisted 14 Jan 1916- 10 Jul 1916 Recruiting SGT.

Discharged
Re-enlisted 14 Jun 1918 - 16 Jun 1919.

Unit: 23 Battalion.
Embarked for London 5 Oct 1918.
Promoted WO for voyage and on 5 Dec 1918 reverted to SGT.
Embarked for France 29 Jan 1919
Returned to Australia on the "Omande" 16 Jun 1919.

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