Weedon, Cyril James

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V.D., M.B., Ch.M. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting 18th July, 1917, and sailing in September as O.C. troopship Wiltshire , served at No. 14 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, for one month and then with 4th A.L.H. Field Ambulance at Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jordan Valley and 2nd Es Salt Raid, when Ambulance was captured with 12 of our men. Later transferring to Anzac Mounted Division Transport during Advance on Damascus and Homs, was for some weeks on coast at Tripoli and S.M.O. Rest Camp, Port Said, for three months, returning for demobilisation as S.M.O. troopship Essex with part of 4th Brigade A.L.H. Hon. Consultant, Brisbane Hospital. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School.

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1884

Birth in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 6 March 1884
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Early education at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1908

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
1908

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
1910

Medical Practitioner at Clayfield -- QLD, Australia 1910
1917

Enlisted 18 Jul 1917
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Military service as Major at Egypt --, Egypt ; Palestinian Territories --, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
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Military award: V.D. on
1944

Weedon C.J. : Death 1944

Gender

Male

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