Ken Weeks
Australian supercentenarian (1913-)
Kenneth Loxton Weeks (born 5 October 1913) is an Australian supercentenarian who, at the age of 112 years, 353 days, is the oldest living person in Australia and is the oldest verified man in Australian history. He is currently the second-oldest validated living man in the world, behind João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who is precisely one year older.
Biography
Weeks was born on 5 October 1913 at his grandparents' house, located on Dovedale Street in Grafton, New South Wales, near the banks of the Clarence River. He was the first of five children born to Darcy Edwin Weeks (1887–1965) and Dorothy Forster (née Loxton; 1886–1970). As a child, his family moved to a riverside farm located in Swan Creek and he later attended Grafton High School. After leaving school he worked for the Model Homes Company that did road constructing work. He followed that up with operating a service station in Brisbane, and in partnership with Charles Alvey in Grafton operated a car dealership. In 1941 during World War II, Weeks married Jean McPhee (1911–1986) and they had two sons.
During World War II, Weeks applied to join the Royal Australian Air Force, but was rejected for medical reasons. He subsequently worked in airfield construction during the war.
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