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WEBSTER, Arthur Edwin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 835 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Piano Builder |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 31 July 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row A, Grave 68 Chaplain W. E. Dexter officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
28 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the left ribs. Evacuated to Tighe Hospital, Malta on board HS Braemar Castle | |
31 Jul 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 835 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Samuel Webster of 9 Railway Parade, Camberwell, Victoria. Brother of Lewis Edward Webster who was killed in action on 9 August 1918 while serving with the 29th Battalion and was buried in the Heath Cemetery. Special Memorial 4
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served with the Volunteer Rangers