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WEBBER, Edmund Charles Somerset

Service Number:	663
Enlisted:	31 December 1915, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 12 March 1894
Home Town:	Newtown and Chilwell, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1966, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Geelong Football Club Honour Roll, Geelong St Giles Church Honor Roll (2)

World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 663, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Geelong, Vic.
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 663, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 663, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
4 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 663, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade, RTA 4 January 1919 and discharged as MU (knee).

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Played 6 games with Geelong FC in the VFL (1912-13).