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WEBSTER, Audley Esmond
| Service Number: | 3639 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Army Ordnance Corps AIF |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 18 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 15 May 1972, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carinya Gardens Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Shell Shock | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, SW right elbow, gassed | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3639, Army Ordnance Corps AIF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Audley Esmond Webster, also known as Webbie, was born on the 18th of May, 1896 in Adelaide, South Australia. Audley Esmond lived with his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Webster and was a member of the Church of England. During the later part of his life, Audley Esmond moved to Mount Gambier and worked as a bank clerk. At the age of 19, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 21st February, 1916 at Mount Gambier.
Webster embarked to France on HMAT A70 Ballarat from Adelaide, South Australia on 12 August 1916. He served in a private unit (2nd Depot Battalion) on 4th March, 1916 and the 32nd Battalion's 8th Reinforcement with the regiment number 3639. Audley Esmond was diagnosed with shell shock and he was hospitalised. On 8th October, 1917, he re-joined the previous unit he was a part of before he was wounded by shell shock. A year later on the 30th of April, Audley Esmond was admitted and treated at Haylingwell War Hospital due to gas poisoning. Webster was promoted as Sergeant twice and Corporal on 1st May, 1919. He returned to Australia on 4th December, 1920. Audley Esmond Webster died peacefully on the 15th of May, 1972 and was buried in Carinya Gardens Cemetery in Mount Gambier.
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