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WEBSTER, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 544 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bermondsey, England, May 1882 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Leather Dresser |
| Died: | 15 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 544, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 544, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Albert Edward Webster 544 50th battalion embarked from the United Kingtom om the SS Ceramic with his wife and three children.
Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Albert Edward Webster and was born near the town of Bermondsey in England in May 1882. Before serving in the AIF he was a leather dresser and was single, with no children. He commenced his service on the 25th of August 1914 at the age of 32.
On the 25th of August 1914, Albert Edward Webster joined the Australian Imperial Force at Morphettville. He embarked from Adelaide 20th October 1914. In January 1915 he was detained for 90 days due to an unknown disdemeanor and was freed on the 19th April 1915. According to his service records he went on to fight at Gallipoli. He fought for months and on the 22nd of December 1915, he was diagnosed with diarrhea.
Webster had dental problems and was admitted to the hospital on the 14th of January 1916. He rejoined the unit and went on to fight on the Western Front. Several times during Webster's service he was in trouble for going absent without leave, disobeying orders and for using obscene and inappropriate language. He was wounded in October 1917 with a gunshot wound to his right leg and was hospitalised. His defiant behaviour continued and he was court martialed in May 1918.
Webster returned to Australia in March 1920 and later he married. He died on 15th March 1962 and was buried at West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide. In June 1967, Webster’s widow, Annie Webster, sent a letter requesting her dead husband’s Gallipoli Medals.
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