Frederick Frank WESTON

WESTON, Frederick Frank

Service Number: NX15257
Enlisted: 16 May 1940, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Wollongong, New South Wales, 11 February 1920
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Injuries, New Guinea, 8 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

16 May 1940: Enlisted Private, NX15257, Paddington, New South Wales
16 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX15257, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1943: Involvement Sergeant, NX15257, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Tristan Weston

Killed when a USAAF B24 Liberator bomber B-24D 42-40682 crashed on take off. The aircraft crashed into the lines of the 2/33 Battalion and 60 Australian soldiers were killed including Corporal Weston