Weiss, Erle Victor

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Weiss, Erle Victor Service Number 11147

Killed in Action 9th August 1918 Harbonnieres, France

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NAME Weiss, Erle Victor

SERVICE NO 11147

UNIT 1st Field Artillery Brigade

RANK Gunner/Bombardier

AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 9 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Singleton, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Shop Assistant, Singleton

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 15 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Newcastle, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 3 yrs, 14th Infantry

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Walter Herbert Weiss, Public School Erina via Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’7½”. Weight-142lbs. Chest-32½-36½”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Brother also killed in action

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 24 Jan -3 Feb 1917-Sick-1st AFA-France-Blistered feet/

17 Feb -3 Mar 1917-Sick- Dental/ 1 -6 Sept 1917-sick

6 Nov 1917- Gassed- Belgium

12 Nov 1917- Emb for England

13 Nov 1917- Adm Hosp Bethnal Green-(Gassed Shell, Severe) Rejoined unit 27 May 1918

DIED 9 Aug 1918- Shell Explosion, Harbonnieres, France

BURIED Bayonvillers German Cem.,6miles SE of Corbie/ Re-interred Heath Cemetery 1½miles N of Harbonnieres & 7¼miles ESE of Corbie, France.

MEDALS British War Medal-29073, Victory Medal-2889. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-349108.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 photos, 1 card, 1 belt, 1 pocket book, 1 wallet(damaged) 1 scarf/

WILL Beneficiary;- mother Amy Selina Weiss, “The Retreat” Erina.

CORRESPONDENCE Father / Mother/

Gosford Times 20

th December 1917

Mr W. Weiss, of Erina, received this cable on Friday:- “Now reported that your, son, Gunner Erle Weiss, admitted Bethnal Green Military Hospital, London, 13

th November, shell gassed severe.

Gosford Times 7

th August 1919

WEISS – In loving memory of our dear sons, Gunner Erle V. Weiss, killed in action at Bayon-Villers, 9/8/18; Private Frederick A. Weiss, killed in action at Fleurbaix-Fromelles, 19/7/16. Not Death, but immortality. “safe in their Father’s Home.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8380323






























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