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WEEDON, Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4927 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4927, Enlisted at Rockhampton | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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