"I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me"
WEAVING, Herbert John Frederick
Service No 3186 Private 12th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of M WEAVING Of 159 Harrington Street, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Tram Conductor Enlisted 28 July 1915 Served in Egypt and on the Western Front Returned to Australia 12 April 1919
Tasmanian Mail 20 January 1916 page 23
WEBB, Clarence Albert Edward
Service no 1043 Private 12th Battalion
Born 1894 at Glenorchy, Tasmania Son of Walter Charles and Henrietta Amelia WEBB Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 09 September 1914 at Pontville, Tasmania Served in Gallipoli Died 20 September 1915 of Diptheria at the Government Hospital, Suze Buried Suez Christian Military Cemetery Egypt
Tasmania Weekly Courier 04 March 1915 Insert 5
WEBB, Edward Charles (right)
Service No: 1949 Private 40th Battalion, 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital
Born: Deloraine, Tasmania Mother: Louisa WEBB Of Chudleigh, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 28 February 1916 Embarkation: 8 August 1916 from Hobart per ‘Ballarat’ Age: 24 years Served in England Illness Returned to Australia: 13 February 1918 per ‘Runic’ Discharged: 8 March 1918
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 December 1916 Insert 5
WEBB, Frederick Cecil
Service no 2406 Private 40th Battalion
Born Launceston, Tasmania Brother of Philip John WEBB Of Balfour Street, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 20 September 1916 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in France Returned to Australia 21 July 1919 per 'Rio Pardo'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 18 April 1918 Insert 5
WEBB, Frederick William
Service No: 2978 Private 15th Battalion
Born: Launceston, Tasmania Mother: Isabella WEBB Of 32 Cimitiere St, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Boot Maker Enlisted: 28 July 1915 Embarkation: 27 September 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Hororata’ Age: 27 years Served in Egypt Illness Returned to Australia: 11 April 1916 per ‘Runic’ Discharged: 19 June 1916
Tasmania Weekly Courier 28 October 1915 insert 4
WEBB, Richard Walker
Service no 1206 Private 12th Battalion
Born Brighton, Tas. Son of Walker C WEBB Of Montana, via Deloraine, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 22 April 1915 at Brighton, Tas. Served in Gallipoli and Egypt Returned to Australia 17 November 1918 per 'Arawa'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 16 September 1915 Insert 5
WEBB, Ronald Thomas
Service no T2848 Private 40th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of Arthur WEBB Of 126 Argyle St., Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Iron Moulder Enlisted 29 May 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Did not proceed overseas Discharged as medically unfit 20 January 1917
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 October 1916 Insert 4
WEBB, Thomas Henry
Service No 2903 Private 40th Battalion
Born Meander, Tas. Son of Louisa WEBB Of Chudleigh, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Resided Deloraine, Tas. Enlisted 07 October 1916 Served on the Western Front Returned to Australia 08 August 1919
WEBB, William Ernest
Service no 532 Private 40th Battalion
Born Burnie, Tas. Son of Jane May WEBB Of Moorville Road, Burnie, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farm Labourer Enlisted 08 February 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Killed in action 30 January 1917 Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres III E 13
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 April 1917 Insert 4
WEBB, William Henry
Service No: 2659 Private 40th Battalion
Born: Launceston, Tasmania Son of Charles and Isabel WEBB (deceased) NOK: Half Sister: Doris SLATER Of Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Butcher Enlisted: 3 October 1916 Embarkation: 25 October 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 19 years Served in France & Belgium Killed in Action: 8 December 1917 Buried: Berks Cemetery Extension, Hainaut, Belgium Plot 2, Row C, Grave 6
Tasmania Weekly Courier 24 January 1918 insert 5
WEBBER, Francis Llewellyn
Service No: 2959 Private 12th Battalion, 52nd Battalion
Born: Evandale, Tasmania Mother: Annie WEBBER Of White Hills, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farm Labourer Enlisted: 28 July 1915 Embarkation: 27 September 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Hororata’ Age: 21 years Served in Egypt & France Reported missing in Action Later reported Killed in Action at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France on 4 September 1916 Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France
Tasmania Weekly Courier 28 October 1915 Insert 5
WEBBER, Harry
Service no 183 Captain 12th Battalion
Born: Melbourne Victoria Son of Henry Thomas & Isabella WEBBER Of 99 Gunn St, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Fitter & Turner Enlisted: 20 August 1914 Embarkation: 20 October 1914 from Hobart per HMAT Geelong Age: 19 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France & Belgium Killed in Action: 10 March 1918 Buried: Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Mentioned in Despatches
Tasmania Weekly Courier 17 June 1915 Insert 4 Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 September 1916 Insert 5
WEBSTER, Archibald Claud
Service no 4801 Sapper 2nd Tunnelling Company
Son of A A WEBSTER Of William Street, West Devonport, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Carpenter Resided 46 Racecourse Road, Launceston, Tas. Enlisted 30 March 1916 Returned to Australia 20 May 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 13 July 1916 Insert 5
WEBSTER, Arthur Edwin
Service No 835 Corporal 8th Battalion 2nd Infantry Brigade
Born 1891 at Launceston, Tasmania Son of Edwin Samuel Webster Of 9 Railway Parade, Camberwell, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Piano Builder Enlisted: 17 August 1914 Embarkation: 19 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Benella’ Age: 24 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action 31 July 1915 at Gallipoli. Buried Shrapnel Gully about 400 yards south East of Anzac Cove
Tasmania Weekly Courier 19 August 1915 Insert 4
WEBSTER, David Samuel
Service No 2159 Private 40th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Husband of Mary J WEBSTER Of Gordon, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Bricklayer Resided Hobart, Tas. Enlisted 10 July 1916 Returned to Australia 12 May 1918
WEBSTER, John
Flight Lieutenant 14th Flying Squadron
Born 1896 at Launceston, Tasmania 1896 Son of Dr J A Webster (Brook War Hospital Woolwich, England) Educated Geelong College, Vic. Served in Palestine Awarded Military Cross Killed in Action 21 September 1918 Palestine
Tasmania Weekly Courier 19 December 1918 Insert 5
WEBSTER, John Laing
Service No 15027 Private 22nd Battalion
Born Middleton, Tas. Husband of J M WEBSTER Of 332 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Fruit Grower Resided Middleton, Tas. Enlisted 14 March 1916 Returned to Australia 05 April 1918
WEBSTER, Tasman Lawrence
Service No: 662 Trooper 3rd Light Horse
Born: Bothwell, Tasmania Father: William G. WEBSTER Of Bothwell, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Railway Porter Enlisted: 15 September 1914 Embarkation: 21 December 1914 from Newcastle, NSW per HMAT A36 Age: 23 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 31 May 1915 Buried: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Plot 4, Row A, Grave 35
Tasmania Weekly Courier 01 July 1915 Insert 4
WEBSTER, William Iverick
Service No: 20742 Private Australian Army Medical Corp
Born 11 October 1880, Hobart, Tasmania Son of William Iverach Webster and Annie Wiley Milne Occupation prior to enlistment Storekeeper, Gordon, Tasmania Enlisted 26 July 1917, Hobart Returned to Australia 6 March 1919, Ulysses Died 30 September 1919, Hobart, Tasmania
Photo shows William Iverick Webster with his wife Lillian Marion nee Roberts. William Webster became ill while overseas and on return to Australia was hospitalised in Hobart. He never returned home to Gordon. He died leaving a wife and six children.
Courtesy of Ruth Webster
WEEKS, Ellis Burgoyne
Service no 2455 Gunner Australian Field Artillery Battalion
Born Burnie, Tas. Son of William WEEKS Of West Burnie, Tas. Enlisted 24 April 1917 at Burnie, Tas. Returned to Austrlia 27 February 1919 per 'City of York'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 26 July 1917 Insert 5
WEEKS, John Clarence
Service no 2975 Corporal 48th Battalion
Born Somerset, Tas. Son of Louisa WEEKS Of Ladbrook St., Burnie, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Blacksmith Enlisted 16 July 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 28 May 1919 per 'Warwickshire'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 February 1916 Insert 4
WEEKS, Lionel Edward
Service no 499 Sergeant 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born Railton, Tas. Son of Edward WEEKS Of Sunnyside, Railton, Tas. Returned to Australia 27 January 1919 per 'Port Hacking'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 29 July 1915 Insert 6
WEEKS, Maurice
Service No: 6512 Private 12th Battalion,1st Australian Div. Training Company
Born: Somerset, Tasmania Mother: Louisa WEEKS Of Ladbrook St, Burnie, Tasmania Married in England on 17 July 1919 Wife: Maggie Louisa WEEKS nee PIKE Occupation prior to enlisting: Blacksmith Enlisted: 5 September 1916 Embarkation: 30 September 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Suffolk’ Age: 19 years Served in England & France Suffered from Trench Fever Returned to Australia: 25 November 1919 per ‘Benella’ with wife Discharged: 11 January 1920
Tasmania Weekly Courier 31 August 1916 Insert 4
WEEKS, Tyson Lancelot
Service No 2287 Private 26th Battalion
Born 1893 at Somerset, Tasmania Son of Mrs Catherine Weeks Occupation prior to enlistment Baker Enlisted 28 July 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in Tel-el-Kebir and France Medically Discharged 19 March 1917
Tasmania Weekly Courier 02 December 1915 Insert 5
WEEKS, Wilfred
Depot
Born Somerset, Tas. Husband of Elizabeth Sarah WEEKS Of Redbank, Ipswich, Qld. Occupation prior to enlistment Freezer Enlisted 07 August 1915 Did not proceed overseas - wife objected to enlistment as he was under 21 years of age and sole support and enlisted without her consent.
Tasmania Weekly Courier 20 January 1916 Insert 4
WELCH, Philip Mackender
Service No: 481 Sapper 7th Field Coy Engineers
Born: Melbourne, Victoria Father: Philip Henry WELCH Of West Devonport, Tasmania Married in England on 24 June 1919 Wife: Florence Maud WELCH nee DUNFORD Occupation prior to enlisting: Railway Trading Porter Enlisted: 5 April 1916 Embarkation: 22 August 1916 from Sydney Age: 25 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 2 November 1919 per ‘Berrima’ with wife Discharged: 19 December 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 April 1917 Insert 5
WELLS, Allan Woodward
Service No: 6604 Private 12th Battalion
Born: Stanley, Tasmania Father: Alfred WELLS Of Marrawah, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 2 September 1916 Embarkation: 21 October 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Pt Lincoln’ Age: 20 years Served in England & France Wounded in Action: 15 March 1918 Returned to Australia: 17 February 1919 per ‘Saxon’ Discharged: 19 March 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 08 March 1917 Insert 4
WELLS, Archibald William
Service No: 2901 Private 40th Battalion
Born: Smithton, Tasmania Father: Edward Philip WELLS Of Smithton, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 17 October 1916 Embarkation: 6 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’ Age: 21 years Served in England Returned to Australia: 13 April 1918 per ‘Osterley’ Discharged: 17 May 1918
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 May 1917 Insert 5
WELLS, Arthur Birney
Service no 8420 Private 6th Field Ambulance
Born Moriarty, Tas. Son of Benjamin and Mary Ann WELLS Of Chudleigh, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Blacksmith Enlisted 25 August 1915 Killed in action 01 November 1917 Aged 21 years Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 13 December 1917 Insert 5
WELLS, Charles Henry
Service no 3474 Private Australian Army Postal Corps.
Born Sorell, Tas. Adopted son of Emily LEVACK Of 16 Byron St., Sandy Bay, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Steward Enlisted 05 August 1915 at Warwick Farm, NSW Discharged 15 October 1919 in London, England
Tasmania Weekly Courier 26 April 1917 Insert 5
WELLS, Harold Herbert Aubrey
Service No: 525 Private 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Railton, Tasmania Son of Clarence Albert & Isabell Alice WELLS nee FRASER Of Smithton, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Chauffeur Enlisted: 9 September 1916 Embarkation: 16 February 1916 from Adelaide per ‘Berrima’ Age: 23 years Served in Egypt & France Wounded in Action: 28 February 1917 Returned to Australia: 4 August 1919 per ‘Swakopmund’ Discharged: 19 September 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 November 1918 insert 5
WELLS, John Leigh
Service no 6232 Sapper 8th Fild Company Engineers
Born Stanley, Tas. Son of James John WELLS Of Upper Mount Hicks, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 24 August 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Served in France Returned to Australia 16 July 1919 per 'Durham'
Mount Hicks Honour Roll Courtesy of Janice Moore
WELLS, Lawrence Frederick
Service no 1000 Trooper 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born 1895 at Burnie, Tasmania Son of Agnes WELLS Occupation prior to enlistment Plumber Enlisted 21 January 1915 at Ulverstone, Tasmania Served in Gallipoli Returned to Australia 15 October 1916 per 'Ulysses' Died 18 November 1985
Tasmania Weekly Courier 26 August 1915 Insert 5
WELLS, Pierce (left)
Service no 5216 Private 52nd Battalion
Born Moriarty, Tas. Son of Benjamin WELLS Of Chudleigh, Tas. Enlisted 03 February 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 11 January 1918 per 'Port Darwin'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 July 1917 Insert 5
WELLS, Richard Percy (right)
Service no 3603 Private 51st Battalion
Son of A WELLS Of 19 Patterson Street, Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Upholsterer Enlisted 31 August 1915 Returned to Australia 05 April 1919
WELLS, Robert John (left)
Service no 3523 Private 52nd Battalion
Son of A W WELLS Of 17 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Cabinetmaker Enlisted 05 August 1915 Killed in action 04 September 1916 Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Weekly Courier 10 February 1916 Insert 5
WELLS, Vernon Keith
Service No: 63348 Lance Corporal 12th Battalion
Born: 14 March 1899 at Needles, Tasmania Son of Clarence Albert & & Isabell Alice WELLS nee FRASER Of Smithton, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 14 June 1918 Embarkation: 5 October 1918 from Melbourne per ‘Zealandic’ Age: 19 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 20 September 1919 per ‘Argyllshire’ Discharged: 8 October 1919 Died: 22 February 1941
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 November 1918 insert 5
WELLS, William Robert (right)
Service No 534 Private 40th Battalion
Born: Geeveston, Tasmania Married with 3 children Wife: Louisa WELLS Of Forrester Settlement near Scottsdale, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Dairy Farmer Enlisted: 29 February 1916 Embarkation: 1 July 1916 from Hobart per ‘Berrima’ Age: 41 years Served in France Killed in Action: 3 January 1917 Buried: Cite Bonjean Cemetery, Armentieres, France Plot 4, Row C, Grave 15
Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 December 1916 Insert 5
WELSH, Edwin Raymond
Service no 2925 Private 12th Battalion
Son of James and Mary WELSH Of 37 Lamont Street, Invermay, Launceston, Tas. Died of wounds 24 July 1916 at Pozieres, Somme, France Aged 25 years Buried Purchevillers British Cemetery II A 41
Tasmania Weekly Courier 23 December 1915 Insert 5
WELSH, George
Service no 1257 Private 7th Field Ambulance
Born Fingal, Tasmania Son of Mr and Mrs. J WELSH Of Herbert Street, Invermay Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 13 October 1914 at Ulverstone, Tasmania Served in Gallipoli, Egypt, France and Belgium Returned to Australia 21 April 1919 per 'Kashmir'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 January 1915 Insert 4
WELSH, James Thomas
Service No: 3814 L/Corp 13th Field Ambulance
Son of Mrs M Welsh Awarded The Military Medal 5 April 1918 Returned to Australia 28 June 1919 Per “Anchises” Died 01 October 1956
Tasmania Weekly Courier 13 May 1915 Insert 7
WELSH, Walter
Service no 56626 Gunner 7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born Launceston, Tas. Husband of Winifred Ada WALSH Of Graveside, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Baker Enlisted 16 May 1918 at Deloraine, Tas. Returned to Australia 24 August 1919 per 'Prinz Hubertus'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 September 1918 Insert 5
WERTHEIMER, Arnold Talbot
Service no 209 Lieutenant 12th Battalion
Born Victoria Son of Arnold and Sara WERTHEIMER Of Essex House, Bellerive, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Assistant Surveyor Enlisted 28 September 1914 Killed in action 04 June 1918 Aged 24 years Buried Outtersteen Communal Cemetery Extension I J 9
Tasmania Weekly Courier 15 August 1918 Insert 5
WESCOMBE, Elbrey Robert
Service no 843 Private Aust. Gen. Base Depot
Born West Pine, Tas. Son of Robert Edward WESCOMBE Of West Pine, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 12 October 1916 Embarkation: 17 January 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Omrah’ Age: 22 years Served in France & England Returned to Australia: 24 July 1919 per ‘Pt Darwin’ Discharged: 27 July 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 December 1916 Insert 5
WEST, Alfred Ernest
Service No 2976 Gunner 9th Reinforcements 15th Battalion – 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born 1892 at Launceston, Tasmania Son of Mrs Elizabeth West Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 27 July 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in Tel-el-Kebir, Abbassia and France Returned to Australia 8 November 1918 per “Carpenteria”
Tasmania Weekly Courier 02 December 1915 Insert 5
WEST, Bertie
Service No: 290 Corporal 40th Battalion
Born: Latrobe, Tasmania Wife: Eva Isabella WEST Of Wynard, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 2 March 1916 Embarkation: 1 July 1916 from Hobart per ‘Berrima’ Age: 28 years Served in France Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 31/1/1917 & 28/5/1918 Returned to Australia: 29 January 1919 per ‘Karoola’ Discharged: 26 April 1914
Tasmania Weekly Courier 19 April 1917 Insert 4
WEST, Wilmot Ernest
Service no 3204 Private 15th Battalion
Killed in action Aged 22 years Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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WESTBROOK, Jack
Service no 14709 Driver 3rd Field Company Engineers
Born Launceston, Tas. Son of Walter WESTBROOK Of 22 Balfour Street, Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 29 February 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 05 February 1919 per 'Aeneas'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 30 August 1917 Insert 5
WESTBROOK, Louis James
Service no 1686 Private 40th Battalion
Born Launceston, Tas. Brother of Allan Mervyn WESTBROOK Of Queenstown, Tas. Enlisted 28 March 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 27 July 1917 per 'Demosthenies'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 July 1917 Insert 4
WESTBROOK, Percy
Service no 14708 Driver 3rd Field Company Engineers
Born Launceston, Tas. Son of Walter H WESTBROOK Of 22 Balfour Street, Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Harness Maker Enlisted 29 February 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 02 March 1919 per 'City of Exeter'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 30 August 1917 Insert 5
WESTBROOK, Victor Gordon
Service no 741 Private 40th Battalion
Born Ulverstone, Tas. Son of Claude Hassell and Charlotte Emily WESTBROOK Of Burnie, Tas. Enlisted Claremont, Tas. Died of wounds 18 June 1917 in France Aged 23 years Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension III D 44
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 July 1917 Insert 4
WESTBURY, Robert Ernest
Service no 5215 Private 12th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of C M WESTBURY Of 3 St. John's Street, South Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Stationer Enlisted 04 February 1916 Died of disease 24 April 1916 at sea Aged 17 years Buried at sea Commemorated Chatby Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 28 June 1917 Insert 3
WESTCOTT, Athol Raven
Service no 4900 Private 12th Battalion
Born 1895 at Hobart, Tasmania Son of William John WESTCOTT Occupation prior to enlistment Saw Milling Enlisted 07 December 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in France and Belgium Returned to Australia 01 April 1918 per 'Persic'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 10 August 1916 Insert 5
WESTCOTT, Francis Downie
Service no 649 Private 40th Battalion
Born 1893 at Hobart, Tasmania Son of William John WESTCOTT Occupation prior to enlistment Saw Sharpener Enlisted 03 March 1916 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in France Wounded in action 18 February 1917 Returned to Australia 13 April 1918 per 'Osterley'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 10 August 1916 Insert 5
WESTCOTT, William Wynne
Service no 2882 Lance Corporal 12th Battalion
Born 1895 at Hobart, Tasmania Son of William John WESTCOTT Occupation prior to enlistment Saw Milling Enlisted 17 August 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in France Killed in Action 20 April 1918 in France Buried Borre British Cemetery ½ mile East of Hazelbrouck
Tasmania Weekly Courier 10 August 1916 Insert 5
WESTLAKE, Cyril St Clair
Service No: 3491 Sapper/Driver 6th Field Company Engineers
Born: St Leonards Tasmania Father: Thomas WESTLAKE Of St Leonards, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Engineer Enlisted: 24 August 1915 Embarkation: 23 November 1915 from Sydney per ‘Ceramic’ Age: 18 years Served in Egypt, France & Belgium Wounded in Action: 29 July 1918 Returned to Australia: 17 February 1919 per ‘Nestor’ Discharged: 3 May 1919 Awarded Military Medal
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 November 1918 insert 5
WESTON, Edwin Dubrelle
Service no 4926 Lieutenant 40th Australian Infantry Battalion
Born 7th February 1895 at Launceston, Tas. Son of William Dubrelle and Harriette Emily Weston Of Elphin Rd, Launceston Occupation prior to enlistment Accountant Enlisted at Claremont, 24 August 1915 Embarked 18 February 1916 Age 20 years Served Egypt, Western Front-Belgium & France, and England – twice wounded in action Awarded Military Cross - for actions near Bony (France) between 29 September and 2 October 1918 Returned to Australia 11 October 1920 per 'Niagara' Discharged 13 December 1920
Courtesy of Roslyn Bland
WESTWOOD, John William DCM MM
Service no 4041 Lieutenant 46th Battalion
Born Beaconsfield, Tasmania Son of Thomas Arthur WESTWOOD Of Sidmouth, West Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Orchardist Enlisted 31 August 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in Egypt, France and Belgium Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal 30 October 1918 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, and good leadership during an attack. He early took charge of his platoon, and led them with great daring and ability to the final objective. After consolidating his position, he went with one man to get in touch with the company on his right, and, finding them held up by an enemy machine gun, he, single-handed, rushed the post, wounded the gunner, and captured three prisoners and the gun. He showed splendid courage and initiative.' Returned to Australia 02 June 1919 per 'Beltana'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 April 1918 Insert 5
WESTWOOD, Reginald Thomas
Service no 744 T/Corporal 40th Battalion
Born Beaconsfield, Tasmania Son of Thomas Arthur WESTWOOD Of Sidmouth, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 15 March 1916 at Claremont, Tasmania Served in France Returned to Australia 10 February 1920 per 'Port Napier'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 April 1918 Insert 5
WEYMOUTH, George
Service No 3810 Lance Corporal 13th Field Ambulance
Born Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Resided 139 Goulburn Street, Hobart, Tas. Enlisted 08 March 1915 Returned to Australia 14 February 1919