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AN AUSTRALIAN soldier who "fell through the cracks" and was not recognised for his service after he was found floating in the Bremer River could have justice more than 100 years after his death.
It will be down to the hard work and perseverance of author and history buff Harold Peacock that Trooper Ernest William Weeks gets official acknowledgment for his service at the Australian War Memorial.
Constables John Green of Booval and John Smith of Redbank were called to the Bremer River near the ferry at Riverview on August 30, 1919.
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment Cairo Egypt 1915. Trooper 748 Ernest William Weeks (second from right). Photo: Australian War Memorial