Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Charles Willoughby WESTON
Lance Corporal
Died 28 October 1918 · Aged 38
His story
Charles Willoughby Weston was a horse-breaker from Wandiligong, Victoria. He first served with the 8th Light Horse and later transferred to the 9th Mobile Veterinary Section, where his civilian horse experience was directly relevant to his military work. He died from pneumonia on 28 October 1918, aged thirty-eight. The Australian War Memorial holds a public-domain portrait and later selected Weston for a National Day for War Animals Last Post Ceremony.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Date of birth
- c. 1880
- Occupation
- Horse-breaker
- Residence recorded
- Wandiligong, Victoria
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Lance Corporal
- Service number
- 3138
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Originally 8th Light Horse; later 9th Mobile Veterinary Section
- Earlier service
- Originally served with the 8th Light Horse
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 28 October 1918
- Age
- 38
- Place of death
- Middle East
- Recorded cause
- Pneumonia
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Charles Willoughby Weston”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/charles_willoughby_weston/.
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