Harmon Lawrence WEBBER

WEBBER, Harmon Lawrence

Service Number: WX5438
Enlisted: 27 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 14 September 1917
Home Town: Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling: Geraldton State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Farmhand
Died: Geraldton, Western Australia, 16 March 1957, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nabawa Upper Chapman Road Board District WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

27 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5438, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5438, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Ruin Ridge,El Alamein. Missing in Action. Became a Prisoner of War in Internment Camp 106, Italy.
9 Aug 1942: Imprisoned El Alamein, 4 Nov 1942 Internment Camp 106 Italy. 16 Dec 1943 Transferred to Stalag 8B Germany.
19 Sep 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5438, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Nola Holt

Harmon was the son of William Lawrence Webber (1887-1949) and Elizabeth Skilling Harmon (1877-1969) from Waggrakine, Geraldton.

He was married to Jessica Clara Giles (1916-1988) from Geraldton, Western Australia.