Albert WEEL

WEEL, Albert

    Service Number: 360
    Enlisted: 29 October 1914, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Walkerston, Queensland, Australia, 1881
    Home Town: Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
    Schooling: Allenstown State School, Queensland
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Died of wounds - shoulder and leg, Ras-el-Tin Military Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 5 July 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
    Row M, Grave 50 Rev. D. McBain officiated Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hsth no man than he gave his life for his country, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 360, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 360, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 360, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    5 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 360, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 360 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-05

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Zdolph J.G. and Anna J.K. Weel. Next of kin given as his sister  Margsret Earl nee Weel of Ibus Street, Longreach, QLD. Brother of Alice Weel and Hugh B. Weel who returned to Australia on 8 October 1918 having served with the 3rd Filed Artillery Brigade

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Previously served with the Queensland Defence Force's 5th Regiment

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