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	Major '''Aubrey Neil Weinman''', [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] CMZS (1897–10 August 1967) was a [[Demographics of Sri Lanka\|Ceylonese]] [[soldier]], [[civil servant]] and [[naturalist]]. He was the first Director of the [[National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka\|Colombo Zoological Gardens]] (1947-1962).<ref name=I2011>{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33621\|title=You cannot make a good man bad\|first=Rohan N.\|last=Fernando\|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)\|The Island]]\|date=31 August 2011\|accessdate=8 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Major '''Aubrey Neil Weinman''', [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] CMZS (1897–10 August 1967) was a [[Demographics of Sri Lanka\|Ceylonese]] [[soldier]], [[civil servant]] and [[naturalist]]. He was the first Director of the [[National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka\|Colombo Zoological Gardens]] (1947-1962).<ref name=I2011>{{cite news\|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33621\|title=You cannot make a good man bad\|first=Rohan N.\|last=Fernando\|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)\|The Island]]\|date=31 August 2011\|accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Weinman was born in [[Colombo]], the son of William Algernon Weinman (1869-1922), a stationmaster, and Caroline Maud née Reimers (1872-1961).<ref name=DBU/> He attended school at the [[Royal College, Colombo]],<ref name=ST2014>{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140330/plus/once-it-was-davids-big-garden-with-lots-of-animals-90554.html\|title=Once it was David's 'big garden with lots of animals' \|first=Kumudini\|last=Hettiarachchi\|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|The Sunday Times]]\|date=30 March 2014\|accessdate=8 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> where he was a sergeant in the Cadet Corps. Following the outbreak of [[World War I]], he traveled to England in April 1918 to join the [[British Army]]. In November he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]], of the [[9th Bhopal Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=31784 \|date=17 February 1920 \|pages=1952 \|supp=y \|nolink=yes}}</ref> He saw action on the western front and was wounded in battle.<ref name=ST2014/> After the war he remained in the reserves.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/dmmason?lang=en&n=weinman&oc=0&p=aubrey+neil\|title=Family tree of Aubrey Neil Weinman\|website=Geneanet\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>		Weinman was born in [[Colombo]], the son of William Algernon Weinman (1869-1922), a stationmaster, and Caroline Maud née Reimers (1872-1961).<ref name=DBU/> He attended school at the [[Royal College, Colombo]],<ref name=ST2014>{{cite news\|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140330/plus/once-it-was-davids-big-garden-with-lots-of-animals-90554.html\|title=Once it was David's 'big garden with lots of animals' \|first=Kumudini\|last=Hettiarachchi\|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)\|The Sunday Times]]\|date=30 March 2014\|accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref> where he was a sergeant in the Cadet Corps. Following the outbreak of [[World War I]], he traveled to England in April 1918 to join the [[British Army]]. In November he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]], of the [[9th Bhopal Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=31784 \|date=17 February 1920 \|pages=1952 \|supp=y \|nolink=yes}}</ref> He saw action on the western front and was wounded in battle.<ref name=ST2014/> After the war he remained in the reserves.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/dmmason?lang=en&n=weinman&oc=0&p=aubrey+neil\|title=Family tree of Aubrey Neil Weinman\|website=Geneanet\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==

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Major '''Aubrey Neil Weinman''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] CMZS (1897–10 August 1967) was a [[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] [[soldier]], [[civil servant]] and [[naturalist]]. He was the first Director of the [[National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka|Colombo Zoological Gardens]] (1947-1962).<ref name=I2011>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33621|title=You cannot make a good man bad|first=Rohan N.|last=Fernando|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)|The Island]]|date=31 August 2011|accessdate=8 July 2022}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Weinman was born in [[Colombo]], the son of William Algernon Weinman (1869-1922), a stationmaster, and Caroline Maud née Reimers (1872-1961).<ref name=DBU/> He attended school at the [[Royal College, Colombo]],<ref name=ST2014>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140330/plus/once-it-was-davids-big-garden-with-lots-of-animals-90554.html|title=Once it was David's 'big garden with lots of animals' |first=Kumudini|last=Hettiarachchi|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=30 March 2014|accessdate=8 July 2022}}</ref> where he was a sergeant in the Cadet Corps. Following the outbreak of [[World War I]], he traveled to England in April 1918 to join the [[British Army]]. In November he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]], of the [[9th Bhopal Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31784 |date=17 February 1920 |pages=1952 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He saw action on the western front and was wounded in battle.<ref name=ST2014/> After the war he remained in the reserves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/dmmason?lang=en&n=weinman&oc=0&p=aubrey+neil|title=Family tree of Aubrey Neil Weinman|website=Geneanet|language=en|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>

== Career ==
He joined the government service and was appointed the second Superintendent of the Colombo Zoological Gardens after it was established in 1939, following the liquidation of Zoological Garden Company in 1936. During his service, new programs included introducing more native and foreign species, education and conservation programs, and improving the facilities and infrastructure.

With the outbreak of [[World War II]] in the far east, Weinman was mobilised for service as a [[Major]] with the [[British Army]] under the [[Malaya Command]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36522 |date=19 May 1944 |pages=2302 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He became a [[POW]] after the [[fall of Singapore]]. He spent four years in a [[prisoner of war camp]] and was liberated at war's end.<ref name=I2011/><ref name=ST2014/>

On his return he became the inaugural Director of the Colombo Zoological Gardens and remained there until his retirement in 1962.<ref name=ST2014/>

He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] as part of the [[1954 New Year Honours]].<ref>Ceylon list: {{London Gazette |issue=40056 |date=29 December 1953 |pages=47–48 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
After retirement, he moved to [[Australia]] with his wife Ena née van Cuylenberg and son David. He died in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1967.<ref name=DBU>{{cite journal|url=http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/genealogy/ancestry-w/JDBU%201983%20Vol%2061%20No%201-4%20p132-137%20-%20Weinman%20Ancestry(1).pdf |title=Genealogy of the Family Weinman|author=Blaze, B. R.|page=134|journal=Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon|volume=61|publisher=[[Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040600/http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/genealogy/ancestry-w/JDBU%201983%20Vol%2061%20No%201-4%20p132-137%20-%20Weinman%20Ancestry%281%29.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2012 |date=1983}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=My Personal Ark|last=Weinman|first=Aubrey Neil|date=1969|publisher=Lake House Investments |place=Colombo | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178916855}}

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