431310Wheen, Arthur Wesley1public2013-01-27 13:49:372021-03-02 15:50:1920WheenArthur Wesley10295WHEEN ARTHUR WESLEY.pdf [ file_data/pdfs_from_BOR pdf 28090 ]A.W.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 Oxford2222727Wheen A.W. : Arts.B.A., 19 Oct 1922, Oxford University2222827Wheen A.W. : Arts.Arts I, 1915, University of Sydney1686928Wheen A.W. : Bar 31 Mar 19171709528Wheen A.W. : M.M. 19 Jul 19166199828Wheen A.W. : Bar 19171713828Wheen A.W. : Second Bar 19181906324Wheen A.W. : Military and health.Enlisted 15 Oct 19156142524Wheen A.W. : Life.Lived at 1928 - @ Jordan's [ Chiltern Hills England ]6199424Wheen A.W. : Specific terms.Awarded Rhodes Scholarship 1919 - @ New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]2993329Wheen A.W. :: Lieutenant [ France ]3786650001.jpg [ scanned_images/WHEEN_Arthur Wesley/ jpg 830967 ]619955Articles and other references about Arthur Wesley WHEEN [ pdf ]5579137Wheen A.W. : Teacher 1915 - @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]6141337Wheen A.W. : Assistant Librarian 1 Jan 1924 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]6141437Wheen A.W. : Acting Keeper 1939 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]6141537Wheen A.W. : Keeper of Library 1945 - Victoria And Albert Museum @ Victoria And Albert Museum [ London England ]http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/407540Rhodes Scholar NSW 1919
New College Oxford Uni6136624Wheen A.W. : Life.Birth 9 Feb 1897 - @ Sunny Corner [ NSW Australia ]90636141731Wheen, A.W. : Nowra Public School6141931Wheen, A.W. : South Bathurst Public School6142031Wheen, A.W. : Gordon Public School6142131Wheen, A.W. : Sydney Boys High School, 1911 - 19146142333Wheen A.W. : Death 15 Mar 1971 @ Amersham Hospital [ Buckinghamshire England ]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’.Translated from German in 1929, the classic WWI monograph, "All Quiet on the Western Front"http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-415544085/findingaidhttps://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=320226https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB1000408904705542441413405file_uploads/ulf_13405_Portrait WHEEN AW NLA MS 3656.jpgimage/jpeglocalPortrait WHEEN AW NLA MS 3656.jpg10bb2156c65c96e554571b4ed6e45b99176cceb0a32017-08-22 10:22:46jpgmediatype=imagebb2156c65c96e554571b4ed6e45b99176cceb0a36095Image from NLA (MS 3656)https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=arthur%20wesley%20wheen5315325328970
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