Francis Lionel Weeks

Forenames

Francis Lionel AWMM

Surname

Weeks AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/285 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

4th March 1895

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Thomas and Annie Weeks, of Gisborne,

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Address before enlistment

Station hand at Hexton, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Mrs T. Weeks (mother), 309 Jervois Road, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/285 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 1st Reinforcements, 4th Battalion AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Francis Weeks was the son of Thomas and Annie Weeks, of Gisborne, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Weeks, Waioheka, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. F. 29. AWMM

Obituary

• Mr. T. Weeks, of Hastings, has received word that his son, Gunner F. L. Weeks, was killed in action on November 22nd. The late soldier, who was only 19 years of age, belonged to the 3rd New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - HAWKE'S BAY TRIBUNE, VOLUME VI, ISSUE 299, 6 DECEMBER 1916, PAGE 3
• Rifleman F. . L. Weeks, who has; been killed in action, was the fourth son of Mr and; Mrs T. Weeks, Hawke's Bay (late of Waiohika). He was a station hand at Waiwhero and left Gisborne with the 9th reinforcements.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOR.
  POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14167, 8 DECEMBER 1916, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22017516
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/291899/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/291899
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 33
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.