Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Geelong (Vic.),
Place of enlistment
Shepparton (Vic.),
Date of enlistment
1914-08-28,
Age
33,
Occupation
School Teacher,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
7th Battalion, F Company,
Rank
Major,
Next of kin
J. Weddell - Father ; Station Street, Hampton, Vic.,
Date of death
1951-11-23,
Place of death
Malvern (Vic.),
Biographical notes
Was married to Flora Weddell and had a daughter named Rosemary Weddell. In 1931 he became Administrator of the NT and he served as a Government Resident in NT for 10 years. Source: NTDB: p.624-625.,
History
The unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A20 'Hororata' on 19 October 1914. Served in Gallipoli and survived as the only remaining officer in the Krithia attack. Recommended for Military Cross Award on 4 June 1915 and later wounded and invalided in England. Returned to Australia 2 February 1916 and left the army in 1917. Served in Australian Intelligence Corps in Melbourne from 1939-1943 and then he retired as a Colonel.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8377897&I=1&SE=1,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067388%5CRCDIG1067388--22-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552207/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/24/,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067974--8-.PDF,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30252892,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/24/ [Unit War Diary],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067974--8-.PDF [Military Cross Citation],
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8377897&I=1&SE=1 [Service Record],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30252892 [Our dear old battalion : the story of the 7th Battalion, AIF, 1914-1919 by Ronald J. Austin. Rosebud, Vic. : Slouch Hat Publications, 2004.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067388%5CRCDIG1067388--22-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A20 'Hororata'],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552207/ [Nominal Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography edited by David Carment. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008: p.624-625.],