Robert Joseph WEBSTER MC, MID

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	14 August 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Train
Born:	Hillgrove. New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1891
Home Town:	Hillgrove, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Charters Towers State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Public servant - later prominent businessman
Died:	Natural causes, Castle Cove, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1981, aged 90 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated
Memorials:

14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1
21 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Army Service Corps
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
1 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli
13 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train
4 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, For courage, resourcefulness and devotion to duty, at all times, since joining the AIF in September 1914 including during his service in Upper Egypt against the Senussi (November 1915 - February 1916), during the Suez Canal March (June 1916) and in France, with 5th Divisional Train (July 1916 - February 1917), including four months on the Somme front.
8 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train, Embarked at Taranto for Suez, then on 26 October 1918 in HT Port Sydney for return to Australia (1914 leave) - arriving Melbourne 2 December 1918, then to Brisbane.
31 Dec 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train

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