Archibald Gilbert WEEDING

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WEEDING, Archibald Gilbert

Service Number:	3262
Enlisted:	11 August 1915, Holdsworthy, Sydney NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Margate, Tasmania, Australia, 6 October 1891
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Oatlands State School
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium LIX. C. 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Oatlands State School Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 3262, 18th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, Sydney NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement 3262, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked 3262, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
18 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW to right knee. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 9 September 1917.
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3262, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3262 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Andrew and Martha Emma Weeding, of Lindisfarne, Tasmania. Native of Margate, Tasmania.

THE LORD GAVE & THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY

WEEDING.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Archibald Gilbert Weeding, killed in action 4th October, 1917. Inserted by his loving mother and brother, M. E. and A. J. Weeding.

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