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Service Number:	535
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Clifton, Bristol, England, 1890
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Anglesea Place, Boarding School, England
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 535, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 535, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 535, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 535, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 535 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Arrived in Australia aged 21 years

Son of Edwin and Sarah Webb of 17 Anglesea Place, Clifton, Bristol, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served with the Royal Field Artillery, Englang for 3 years