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WEBSTER, Walter James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1196 |
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Enlisted: | 14 April 1915, Enlisted at Mildura |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Younghusband, Mannum, South Australia, 2 November 1897 |
Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ballarat School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 27 November 1915, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row E, Grave 21 Rev. Father W. A. Brennan officiated Headstone inscription reads: R.I.P. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Primary School War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1196, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mildura | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1196, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1196, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Alonzo Webster and Elizabeth Webster nee McCue. Later known as Elizabeth Allen of Mildura, Victoria
Brother of Herbert Alonzo Webster and Albert George Webster,
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal