Samuel James WEEKS

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Service Number:	735
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Janiember East, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Bears Lagoon State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 33, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 735, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 735, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 735, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
1 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 735, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 735 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-03

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Martial status at the time of enlistment was given as Widower. Address at the time of enlistment was 28 Moran Street, Boulder, WA

Son of Samuel Edward Weeks and Emma Weeks nee Palmer of Bears Lagoon, Janiember East, Victoria

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