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William Sylvester WEEKS

Regimental number550
Place of birthSomerset Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet E Weeks, Redbank, Queensland
Enlistment date18 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1918
Place of burialPeronne Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave 14), Maricourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Medals

Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great gallantry while on patrol in carrying back a wounded officer under heavy fire.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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