George Harold WEIDENHOFER

WEIDENHOFER, George Harold

Service Numbers: 1920, 1920A
Enlisted: 23 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
Born: Echuca, Victoria, 1895
Home Town: Oakbank, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Oakbank Public School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mannum District Roll of Honor, Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

23 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1920, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1920, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1920, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
6 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1920A, 35th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1920A awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-05-06

George Harold Weidenhofer


Name: George Harold Weidenhofer
Service Number: 1920
Place of Birth: Nildottie
Date of Birth: 20 May 1895
Place of Enlistment: Mitcham
Date of Enlistment: 23 May 1916
Age at Enlistment: 21 years
Next of Kin: Father, Henry Weidenhofer
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
George was commonly referred to as Harold. He left Australia on the Ballarat on 12 August 1916, reaching Plymouth in England on 30 September with the 2/43 Infantry Battalion. On 11 November he was transferred to the 35th and 10 days later sailed from Southampton to begin active service in France. On 13 April 1917 Harold was admitted to a Military Hospital at Canterbury, England for 3 weeks with trench fever and synovitis of the right knee. For the next 10 months that he served in the trenches in France he was treated at several hospitals for the same ailment.
Sometime during 1917 Harold sent a postcard from Belgium to his brother, Murray, whose nickname was “Mud”. He wrote “Dear Mud and Maud, ... I am quite well and happy. We are having some rotten weather lately, but it seems to be clearing up a bit now. Hoping you are all well. From your loving brother Harold.” This card is most unusual – made of muslin with 1917 embroidered on it with silk threads.

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