Ernest William WEEKS

WEEKS, Ernest William

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
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World War 1 Service

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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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

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