WEEKS, Arthur
| Service Number: | WX17575 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coolgardie, Western Australia, 8 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Glen Forrest, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyhand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundaring War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX17575 | |
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| 5 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Fremantle to Middle East per HMAT US Convoy 16 | |
| 2 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East for Fremantle | |
| 10 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns to Milne Bay per HT Allen | |
| 24 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Port Moresby for Brisbane per Etolen | |
| 11 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17575, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns to Morotai per General McRae |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Arthur Weeks (Service No:WX17575) enlisted in the Army on 6 November 1941 - one of four siblings who served in WWII (older brothers Thomas (2/28th Infantry Battalion; PoW), and Alfred (2/28th Infantry Battalion, died whilst a PoW), and Harry). Private Weeks served in the Middle East with 2/28th Infantry Battalion from August 1942 to January 1943 and in New Guinea from August 1943 to February 1944. He was at Brunei Bay in May 1945 when he was KiA.
Born in 1921 in Coolgardie WA, Arthur was the third of five children (sons) of Thomas weeks (b1883 in London, England) and Sarah Jane Wilson (b1884 in Londoon, England). Thomas (a Copper Barrel Maker at a Brewery) and Sarah married in 1912 in Surrey, England and in 1913 were living at Williams, WA. Thomas was rejected for enlistment in the AIF in 1914 as 'unfit for military service' and he and Sarah lived at Williams, Darkan, Narrogin and Glen Forrest in Mundaring where Thomas worked as a Labourer and Railway Repairer.
Arthur was working as a Dairyhand at Glen Forrest in Mundaring in 1941 when he enlisted in the Army.
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