Tom WEBSTER

WEBSTER, Tom

Service Number: 328
Enlisted: 28 October 1914, Dalby, Queensland
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Mercaston, Derbyshire, England, 11 September 1891
Home Town: Bell, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Died of wounds, Palestine, 8 November 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Beersheba War Cemetery
Grave Q. 72.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bell War Memorial, Kumbia WW1 Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 328, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Dalby, Queensland
21 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 328, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 328, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 328, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
17 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
4 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Light Horse Regiment
13 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment
13 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment
31 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-11-08
7 Nov 1917: Wounded Battle of Beersheba, GSW (abdomen)

CWGC data

Tom WEBSTER. Lieutenant Australian Light Horse, A.I.F. who died of wounds in Palestine November the 8th 1917. Son of William and Sarah of Pebble Hall, Theddingworth, Rugby, England and late of Mercaston Hall and Sarum, Queensland, Australia. Native of Mercaston. Commemorated on a family memorial inside All Saints, Muggington and Kedleston church, Derbyshire and is buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel

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Biography contributed by Aberfoyle Park High School

"WEBSTER.- Died from wounds in Palestine, 8th November. Lieut. Tom Webster, 5th Light Horse, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Webster, Sarum, Bell, aged 26 years, after 3 years' service." - from the Brisbane Courier 18 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Son of William and Sarah Webster, of Pebble Hall, Theddingworth, Rugby, England.

Births Dec 1891   WEBSTER Tom Ashborne 7b 609

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He is remembered on the Theddingworth War Memorial.
 
 
Theddingworth is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England.

The parish includes the neighbouring hamlet of Hothorpe, which lies across the county boundary in Northamptonshire.

Theddingworth lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Market Harborough on the road to Lutterworth. It is on the north bank of the River Welland, which forms the county border with Northamptonshire.