Stanley Kenneth (Ken) WEAVER

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WEAVER, Stanley Kenneth

Service Numbers:	V53161, VX113511
Enlisted:	30 July 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 January 1919
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Coburg East Primary/Coburg High, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - Melbourne, Australia, 19 January 1986, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, V53161, 2nd Field Company Engineers
22 Oct 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V53161, 2nd Field Company Engineers
23 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX113511
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX113511

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal Stanley Kenneth Weaver (Service Nos:V53161/VX113511) initially served in the ACMF as a Sapper from 30 July 1941 to 22 October 1942, and was a Corporal attached to 2 Australian Field Coy RAE on 23 October 1942 when he enlisted 'in the field' in the AIF. Corporal Weaver served with 2 Field Coy RAE in Borneo (Morotai and Tarakan; 28 April 1945 - 29 October 1945), and was attached to 2 Field Coy RAE at Discharge on 8 November 1945.

Ken was born in Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria in 1920, youngest of five children of Albert Edward Day Weaver (b1888 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Clarice Lillian Isobel Baird (b1890 in Chiltern, Victoria). Albert (a Printer) and Clarice (a Weaver) married in 1911 in Melbourne, where they settled and raised their family and Albert worked as a Printer, Publisher and Commercial Traveller. In 1921, at his home in Melbourne, Albert died from a self inflicted gun shot wound.

Ken started work in Melbourne in 1936 as a Junior Salesman with Craig Williamsons Department Store, and in 1936 moved to Foy & Gibsons Department Store (Foys). In 1941 in Melbourne, Ken married Helena (Em) Emilie Tanner (b1919 at Cuthbert Siding via Albany, Western Australia). Following his Discharge from the Army, Ken and Em settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and Ken returned to his employment with Foys Department Store. Ken played cricket with Coburg Cricket Club - and served as Vice Captain and Captain. Em died in 1981 and Ken in 1986.

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