Weiss, Erle Victor

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Weiss, Erle Victor

ServiceNumber Number11147 1494 Service Killed Action 19th May 1915 Killed inin Action 9th August 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula 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 held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Newcastle, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

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

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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

RELIGION

Methodist

3 yrs, 14th Infantry

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 9 Aug 1918- Shell Explosion, Harbonnieres, France

DIED BURIED MEDALS

Bayonvillers German Cem.,6miles SE of Corbie/ Re-interred Heath Cemetery 1½miles N of Harbonnieres & 7¼miles ESE of Corbie, France. British War Medal-29073, Victory Medal-2889. Memorial Plaque & Scroll349108.

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 20th 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, 13th November, shell gassed severe.

Gosford Times 7th 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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