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 and Dorothy Forster (née Loxton). 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, at the start of
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. After the war he set up a radio and electrical sales and repair business which he operated for several years before later replacing it with a milk bar. Weeks's occupations also included airfield construction (during the war), truck driver, petrol station operator, and employee at the Grafton Match Factory. Weeks's wife died in 1986 after 45 years of marriage. He then lived independently until the age of 104. Shortly before turning 105, he moved to a
nursing home in Grafton. He currently lives in
Clarence Valley,
New South Wales. == Longevity ==