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Service Number 11147. Killed in Action 9th August 1918. Harbonnieres, France.
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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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
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The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
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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.
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