
WEAVER, Alfred Charles
Service Number: | 2176 |
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Enlisted: | 7 January 1916, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
Born: | Rosewater, South Australia, 2 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Adelaide Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Damascus, Syria, 31 March 1918, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria Row E, Grave 32 , Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Tailem Bend and District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, Keswick, South Australia | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
30 Mar 1918: | Wounded Trooper, SN 2176, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Amman Raid (First) | |
31 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, SN 2176, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
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Parents: George Weaver and Clara Weaver, Lamber Street, Rosewater, South Australia
Sons:
1191 William Alfred Weaver of the 10th Battalion, Died of Wounds on 23 May 1915
771 Frederick Henry Weaver of the 9th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action 28 August 1915
1842 Charles John Weaver of the 16th Battalion, Died of illness on 16 May 1917 in France whilst a POW
2176 Alfred Charles Weaver of the 4th Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Died of wounds 31 March 1918
3647 George Victor Weaver of the 40th Battalion, returned to Australia 25 January 1919
Headstone Inscription: TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE