Wheen, Arthur Wesley
Person: id 4313
University connections
USydUSyd.Sydney Teachers College
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World War I
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Family name
Wheen
Given name(s)
Arthur Wesley
Initials
A.W.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Education notes
Rhodes Scholar NSW 1919
New College Oxford Uni
New College Oxford Uni
Military service
Military awards
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Wheen A.W. : Teacher 1915 - @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Wheen A.W. : Assistant Librarian 1 Jan 1924 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]Wheen A.W. : Acting Keeper 1939 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]Wheen A.W. : Keeper of Library 1945 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]
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M.M. and two Bars, B.A. (Oxon.), Arts I : Lieutenant, 54th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 15th October, 1915, and sailing 20th December, joined battn. as signaller in February, 1916, and took part in Desert March from Tel-el-Kebir to Ferry Post. Crossing to France in June, served at Fromelles, Somme, Bullecourt and Polygon Wood, where wounded in September, 1917. Rejoining battn. fought at Warneton, Villers-Bretonneux, August Advance, Peronne and elsewhere, being wounded severely on 6th September and evacuated to hospital and thence to Australia, arriving 14th March, 1919. Awarded M.M. at Fromelles, 19th July, 1916, Bar at Le Transloy in March, 1917, and a second Bar —when recommended for V.C.—at Villers-Bretonneux 25th April, 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches. Promoted lieutenant “ On the Field ” by special Army Order in May, 1918. Rhodes Scholar, 1919. Early education at Sydney High School. Later at New College Oxford
Documents
Publications
Translated from German in 1929, the classic WWI monograph, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Visible notes
Began the subject index at the V&A library in 1938.He translated from German EM Remarque’s Im Westen nichts Neues in 1929 which is known in English as "All Quiet on the Western Front". His papers are held at the National Library of Australia. There have been various publications, including a book of his letters, "We talked of other things – The life and letters of Arthur Wheen (1897-1971)" ed. Tanya Crothers. (Longueville Media, Woollahra, 2011) launched in 2011 at the State Library NSW - pp/120-27 is titled, ‘Sydney University 1919-1920’.
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ADB Entry ID
9063
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Australian War Memorial
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