Arthur Edwin WEBSTER

WEBSTER, Arthur Edwin

    Service Number: 835
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 835, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria
    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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    Biography 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

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