Thomas WEEDON

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Service Number:	4927
Enlisted:	18 September 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, 1891
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	North Rockhampton State School, Rockhampton, Queensland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 May 1917
Cemetery:	Corbehem Communal Cemetery North East Section Headstone inscription reads: Sadly Missed, Corbehem Communal Cemetery, Corbehem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gracemere Roll of Honour

18 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4927, Enlisted at Rockhampton
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4927, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4927, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
1 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4927, Was originally thought to have returned to his battalion but was later confirmed that he had been taken as a Prisoner of War and was being held by the Germans at Limburg where he died

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Son of Henry Weedon of Park Avenue, Rockhampton, QLD

2 April 1917 - Private W. Clifford that Thomas was killed while a Prisoner of War when a British shell exploded in an ammunition dump near Corbehen

Medlas: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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