1847 - 1900 WEEKS Search SA Pioneer Families Barry Leadbeater SLSA

 

1848 - 1934 pg45 of 134 Mary Prideaux & William Weeks Hindmarsh Edwards Town Noarlunga Pedlers Creek Aldinga JMW

 

1889 - 1965 pg14 of 134 Son Francis Allen 1889 Goodwood Francis Leslie Stanley Marjorie Roy JMW

 

1914 - 1915 ASC Remount Brit Officer Style Peak Caps Weeks & Campbell Bros Elizabeth Garie 70 Arthur St Unley Tel 0879 Wright St JMW

 

1915Aug7 - 1917Oct30 pg1 of 2 Gallipoli Romani Beersheba COs Tabulation JMW

 

1915Aug7 - 1917Oct30 pg2 of 2 Gallipoli Romani Beersheba COs Tabulation JMW
 

1915May1 KIA Gallipoli Razor Back Ridge Bloody Angle Pte 1026 16th Btn F Coy William Charles Crook RSL



1916Aug Romani C Sqn 3rd LHR SA & TAS themercurycomau pininterest

1916Aug Sinai Katia PURSUIT Chauvel LH watering horses 4127461 AWM

 

 

1916Aug3 - 9 pgs1&2 of 2 Katia 3 & then 5 Bdes 3 mile front Charge 3rd LHR 1st LHB rifles + bayonets as lances Chronicle nla_news-page-nla

 

1916Aug4 - 5 1220am - 2300pm pg3 of 9 3rd LHR Diyuk War Diary Intelligence HQ GEF RCDIG1002632 AWM

 

 

1916Aug4 Romani pinturas-gran-guerra.tumblr.com

 

1917 Marjorie Whittington nee Weeks Mother Elizabeth Northey Audrey Whittington HO'B

 

1917Jun7 - Oct30 pg175 of 625 MAP Ypres II 1915 MacDonald adapted 43rd Btn D Coy Ypres III Passchendaele I & II notes JMW

 

1917Oct4 - 5 pg20 of 34 Broodseinde Attack Hill 40 LGs D Coy 43rd Btn War Diary AWM

 

 1918Jul6 KIA Sydney Enos Price Pte 598 Pltn VII Coy B 32nd Btn Fromelles 1916 & Monash Push AWM

 

1919Jun21 43rd Btn Dinner Glenelg Town Hall mostly wounded Comrades Observer nla_news

 

1920s Broken Hill Harry Ritchie MM ex Lewis Gunner Pte 732 43rd Btn D Coy with Shirley Beryl Iris JMW

 

   1923May26 Glenthorne Farm Estate No 9 Remount 10 year Farming & Horsemanship Reference Capt Campbell Francis James Weeks JMW

 

I have created this fundraising page in memory of WW1 Francis J Weeks, Leslie HC Weeks, Stanley W Weeks, Roy E Weeks ; Harry Ritchie MM WW2 Stan LC Weeks, James J Weeks, Max A Weeks, Charles H Weeks who we sadly lost.

With your help, the funds we raise in memory of WW1 Francis J Weeks, Leslie HC Weeks, Stanley W Weeks, Roy E Weeks ; Harry Ritchie MM will support Legacy Australia.
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Researcher WW1 & WW2 including the 2 x 4 Weeks Brothers & my dear Mothers Father Harry Ritchie MM ( Pte 732 43rd Btn D Coy )

Remarkably 2 of the 4 WW1 Weeks Brothers were involved in WW2 !

Stanley ( Trooper 1284 3rd LHR A Sqn ) with Catalinas WW2

WW1 wounded 3 times ( as was dear Harry at 1917 Passchendaele I & II, & 1918 Mont St Quentin ):

*  1916 August Romani initial hand to hand combat after the surprise Turkish fanatical night bayonet charge shoulder to shoulder ;

*  1917 October Tel el Saba Turkish stronghold just North of Beersheba previous day & only hours before the 4 & 12 LHRs ( ONLY ) afternoon LH Charge on the ( " unopposed " ) Beersheba Wells ;

*  1918 Solomon Pools evacuated to Jerusalem Hospital after German aircraft attack on watering LH horses of Mobile Vet Section ;

&

Leslie in Salvage Operations WW2

 

WW1:-

Francis James ( Jim ) Weeks,

Leslie Horace Charles Weeks,

Stanley William Weeks,

Roy Eric Weeks ;

Harry Ritchie MM

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WW2:-

Stan Leslie Charles Weeks,

James ( Jimmy ) John Weeks,

Maxwell Allen Weeks,

Charles ( Charlie ) Harold Weeks ;

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In their respectful memory & in solemn tribute for ALL those Service Personnel ( Female as well as Male ) who went before them, are still servicing our magnificent country & well into the future !

Many thanks & sincerest regards Cheers Jeff M.  Weeks

Gift in Memory/ies

WW1 Francis J Weeks, Leslie H C Weeks, Stanley W Weeks, Roy E Weeks ;

Harry Ritchie MM ;

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WW2 Stan L C Weeks, James J Weeks, Max A Weeks, Charles H Weeks ;

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SBS doco " the REAL Lawrence of Arabia " ( actually the Hejaz Arab North Army were present with Stanleys 2nd of 3 woundings at the ANZACs Tel el Saba assault " preliminaries " few hours before the Beersheba charge ! ) ;

It was the much 1917 LARGER action in the eventual overtaking of the Turkish Stronghold Tel el Saba just North of Beersheba at greater casualties of the LHRs 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 & NZ Mounted Rifles BDE, that allowed ONLY 2 LHRs 4 & 12 to charge UNOPPOSED ( there were 60,000 Allied including the British 20th & 21st ARMIES in the area at the time against ONLY 4,500 Turkish Defenders of the Beersheba Wells ! ) ;

that is why 1916 Romani & 8 day Pursuit by 5 Allied BDEs is much more significant when odds initially against Stanleys 3rd LHR was 17 to 1 ( according to Prof. Perry - " Bill the Bastard " although Medical Downes & the Mounted Soldiers of Australia is 10 : 1 ) & became 10 - 5 to 1 with the 8 day Pursuit ;

the reason for the 60,000 Allied in the area at the time of the " afternoon " LH charge on Beersheba Wells, was because the British

1. 20th ARMY ( Chetwode - Eastern Force ) was assisting by " demonstrating " on a Beersheba flank ;

&

2. 21st ARMY ( Bulfin - feint against Gaza ) was actually the start of the 3rd Battle of GAZA, in which the LH with now WATERED horses, were now able to play a pivotal role as spearhead Force ;

YES the Lawrence doco didn't also tell you about the

1. 1917 Balfour Declaration ( Land promised to the Hebrews for a " Home Land " , which eventually took precedence over Sykes Picot " Map " )

or

2. how the British were able to launch against GAZA ( albeit 1st 2 failed assaults & then the 3rd only succeeded because the ANZACs LH spearheaded the 3rd or was it the 4th assault ) before Palestine proper to Damascus & Jerusalem ;

was because of the Chauvel hard won 1916 LH victory ( only 1 of 36 ! ) at Romani the year before !

( much like WW2 naval Battle of the Coral Sea [ including Stan on HMAS Australia ] allowed the Allied naval victory at the Battle of Midway but is still overshadowed by the D Day Landings commemorations )

I wonder if the 1916Aug Romani 4 hour fire fight before dawn

&

the 8 day Pursuit by 3 ALH BDEs, British Mounted Yeomanry & NZ Mounted Rifles = 5 BDEs would get more recognition if the Balfour Declaration had been made by Winston & his mates to " rid UK of the clever jew ", in 1916 instead of 1917 :-)

I often think about the heat of Battle confusion of young soldiers including Stanley ( Trooper 1284 ) at Romani on the night of 1916August3 11.40pm with :

* surprised overrun of Chauvels 1st LHB unprotected improvised Outposts hand to hand combat in the dark where 4 Tasmanian Survivors ( SA & TAS 3rd LHR C Squadron ) were famously rescued by Shanahan ( Qld 2nd LHR ) on Bill ( " the Bastard " ) 

* then 4 hour firefight before dawn ;

* ( SA & TAS ) 3rd LHR were fighting continuously 59 hours in the saddle & in classic LH fighting withdrawals ;

* in defence of Mt Meredith ;

* then 1st, 2nd, 3rd LH & British Mounted Yeomanry & NZ mounted rifles = 5 BDEs bayonet charge on 3 - 4 Mile front, whilst mounted, using the rifle & Bayonet as a lance * retreating from swamp & Wadi in cross fires of Turkish & German Artillery, Machine Guns & bayonet charges ;

 

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Cheers Jeff M. Weeks RSL SA NT Broken Hill Affiliate 64890