Reginald Weeks

Forenames

Reginald AWMM

Surname

Weeks AWMM

Also known as

Reginald Weeks AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/639 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

• correction - b. 23rd June 1891
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 January 2026 - Military Record
• 23rd January 1891
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - Military Record

Place of birth

Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Thomas & Annie WEEKS

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/reginald-weeks

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kutarere, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

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

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/639 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM B Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

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

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

Death

27 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM VI. E. 32. AWMM

Obituary

WEEKS.—Died of wounds in France on August 27, 1918, Rifleman Reginald Weeks, beloved eldest son of Thomas and Annie Weeks, Jervois- Street, Hastings, aged 27 years.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLIX, ISSUE 4971, 11 SEPTEMBER 1918, 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/R22017526
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/58178/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/58178
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 765
• 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.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915