James John (Jim) WEEKS

WEEKS, James John

Service Number: 429840
Enlisted: 12 February 1942, " James 22 is on the RAAF Reserve " from Trove NLA " 3 Brothers In Air Force, One in Navy "
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: RAAF Stores Depots
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 6 December 1919
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Adelaide High School
Occupation: Truck Driver/Apprentice carpenter (Merv C. Wood - Glandore)
Died: Natural causes (heart condition & exhaustion), Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, 24 September 1985, aged 65 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour
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2 of 4. RAAF Flt Sgt Tail Gunner 429840 Weeks, James ( Jim ) John

Occupation : Truck Driver Apprentice Carpenter ? for Merv C Wood, Maddern Avenue, Glandore, SA ;
Residence: Francis James Weeks & Mother : Ellen Theresa ( " Da " or Nellie ) nee Harris, 37 Milner St, Hilton, South Australia
Born: 6 December 1919, Adelaide South Australia
Religion : Church of England
School/s : 1925 - 1933 ? Adelaide High, Cowandilla, Gilles St Practising, Black Forest, Schools, all South Australia
Son of Francis James Weeks & Ellen Theresa ( " Da " or Nellie ) nee Harris
Marital Status : Married ( 21 February 1942 )
Next of kin: Spouse : Shirley Muriel nee Ritchie, formerly Broken Hill ; Francis James Weeks & Mother : Ellen Theresa ( " Da " or Nellie ) nee Harris, 37 Milner St, Hilton, SA
Enlisted : 12 February & September ? 1942, No 5 Recruiting Station, Adelaide ( Attested almost a Month BEFORE 2nd & youngest Brothers Maxwell Allen & Charlie Harold )
Embarked: 30 August 1943 Melbourne, Victoria ?
Age at embarkation : 24 ?  
Returned:  ?
Demobilisation / Discharge : 1 October 1945
Posting at Discharge : 9 Stores Depot Northern Territory, as repatriation having contracted pneumonia due to high altitude flying in Scotland / England 1943 / 1944 ;  1943 Apr - Nov even Clark Gable, whom he met, suffered FROST BITE on 1 occasion with only leather gloves, filming segments of the propaganda Film " Combat America " to assist in declining Air Gunnery Recruitment due to horrendously high casualty rates ( 50+ % ) akin to WW1 ;
Served : UK & Europe
Medals : 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal ?
Death: 24 September 1985, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia
Buried : Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia

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