Ernest William WEEKS

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Service Number:	748
Enlisted:	10 December 1914, Field Artillery 2.5 years
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, October 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Suicide by drowning, Bremer River, Queensland, Australia, 30 August 1919
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Grave 12. 4. 36/37.
Memorials:	Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll

10 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 748, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Field Artillery 2.5 years
9 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 748, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
9 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 748, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Brisbane
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 748, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD

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He was 27 and the son of William George Weeks of Albert Park, Brisbane.

He is a recent addition to the roll of Great War dead; he was accepted, after research, for commemoration on 17 June 2017