WEBBER, Leonard Huish
| Service Number: | 17413 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burwood SPS and Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Assistant Civil engineer and surveyor |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1966, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Burwood Memorial Arch, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17413, Field Company Engineers | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 17413, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 17413, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sydney Technical High School
Leonard Huish Webber was born on the 4th of September, (1) 1894 in the city of Tamworth, located in North-Eastern New South Wales. (2) His father and mother were Edward Huish Webber and Martha Day (3) On the 19th of April 1899, the Webbers moved residence from the suburb of Grafton to Byron Bay, authorised by his father, Edward Huish Webber. (4) The first form of schooling he received was at Burwood State Public School and on the 8th of July 1909, (5) where he was awarded a junior technical scholarship to attend Sydney Technical High School at 15 years of age. (6) In 1914, Webber achieved supplementary examination results of geology 1 and 2. This meant that he did not pass and was given another opportunity to do the exams.
Prior to enlisting in the war, Webber had to undergo medical examinations to ensure he was fit for the war. He received his (7) certificate of medical examination on the 20th of October 1916 and (8) on the 25th of October, at the age of 22 years and 1 month old, Webber enlisted in the 2nd division of the Australian Imperial Force as a Sapper service number 17413, (9) and later a combat engineer employed for the war in the 6th Field Company Engineers. He was an assistant civil engineer and surveyor before he enlisted. (10) He later embarked for overseas services on the 20th of May 1917 on the HMAT Clan McGillivray, departing from Melbourne. (11) On 25 July 1917, he disembarked in Plymouth, England, for battle in the Western Front in Flanders and was assigned to battle in Northern France on 6th November 1917 after completing training in the 7th Field Training Company. (12) He served in the war for 2 years and 3 months before departing back to Australia.
Webber had demonstrated many qualities of the Australian ANZAC spirit through his time in the war. His fully completed service in the 6th field company engineers in the AIF demonstrated the courageous intentional enlistment in the war, endurance in service and loyalty to the country. The ingenuous use of his previous occupations as a civil engineer and surveyor, and his time studying in school had resourcefully given him knowledge in the war.
Webber had survived (14) his time in the war as a sapper. After returning back to Australia on 4th of July 1919, (15) he was discharged from the AIF on 29th July 1919. (16) He was then medically examined a few months later on 20th of August 1919 to see if he had suffered any injuries or disability. (17) He returned back to his occupation as a civil engineer and surveyor and dedicated himself to his religion in the Church of England and he married Constance Amy Baker. (18) On the 3rd of January 1962, he was sent an Invitation to a re-union of 1909/1910 ex-pupils of Technical High School. (19) On the 23rd of July 1966 , Leonard Huish Webber passed away, aged 71, in Concord NSW Australia.
Endnotes
Ken Stevenson research doc, Virtual War Memorial Australia
National Archives Australia, Wikitree
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Ken Stevenson research doc, National Archives Australia
National Archives Australia
Ken Stevenson research doc
National Archives Australia
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National Archives Australia
Australian War Memorial, Virtual War Memorial Australia, National Archives Australia
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NSW War Memorials Register
Kev Stevenson research doc
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Bibliography
National Archives Australia, Virtual War Memorial Australia, Ken Stevenson research Google Drive, Australian War Memorial, NSW War Memorials Register, WikiTree
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