WEEN, Albert Robert
| Service Number: | 2041 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nailsworth, South Australia, 10 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Nailsworth School |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Enfield Methodist Church Honour Roll, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2041, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2041, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2041, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2041, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE A. R. WEEN.
Much sympathy was felt at Prospect when the news was conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ween that their eldest son, Private Albert R. Ween, had been killed in action in France on August 23. He was 19 years of age on July 10, and he spent his last two birthdays on the battlefield. He served through the Gallipoli campaign till the evacuation, and was transferred to the Suez Canal, and from there to France. He served in Europe without a day's illness till he met his death. He was born at Nailsworth, and educated at the Nailsworth school, and was much liked by a wide circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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