Ernest Godwin (Bill) WEBB

WEBB, Ernest Godwin

Service Number: VX94174
Enlisted: 25 January 1944
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Workshops Units and Elements
Born: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1920
Home Town: Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Melbourne Technical Dip Mechanical Engineering, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Draftsman
Died: Natural Causes , North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 2014, aged 93 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Name on Death Certificate as William Ernest Godwin Webb

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World War 2 Service

25 Jan 1944: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX94174
8 Feb 1944: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , Appointed Acting Sergeant on March out to School of Instruction
26 Apr 1944: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , Appointment as Honorary Lieutenant at LHQ School of Instruction EME
4 Jul 1944: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Army Training Units, Qualified at Office Cadet Training Unit Mangalore Victoria, appointment Lieutenant
17 Oct 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , Qualified as Electrical Mechanical Engineer-Small Arms at LHQ School EME
22 Dec 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Workshops Units and Elements, Posted to 4th Australian Infantry Troop Workshops New Guinea for duty
30 Jun 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX94174, 135th Independent Brigade Workshop, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, Posted on attachment for duty NewGuinea till 30th June 1945
8 Jul 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX94174, Workshops Units and Elements, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit for Discharge Unit on discharge 4th Australian Infantry Troop Workshops
12 Apr 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX94174

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