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WEBBER, Harmon Lawrence
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX5438 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5438, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.