WEBB, Stuart Alan
| Service Number: | 2247 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Esk, Queensland, Australia, 18 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1964, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) C NE. 45. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Collie Coal Company Ltd. Employees, Kelmscott War Memorial, Merredin and Districts Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2247, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2247, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2247, 28th Infantry Battalion, GSW or SW thigh & left buttock, mild | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Nov 1916: | Imprisoned 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW both upper legs & right shoulder | |
| 29 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2247, 28th Infantry Battalion, 5th MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
58 years ago today, on the 3rd July 1964, Sergeant Stuart Alan Webb, 28th Battalion (Reg No-2247), miner from Cardiff, Western Australia and Newcastle? or Pelaw Main? N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 74. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) C NE. 45.
Born at Biarra, Esk, Queensland on the 18th July 1889 to John and Julia Webb; husband of Annie May Webb nee Davies (married? died 1965, sleeping here, also resided at Pelaw Main, N.S.W.), Stuart enlisted July 1915 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia.
Wounded in action 27.6.1916 (GSW or SW thigh & left buttock, mild), 16.11.1916 (SW both upper legs & right shoulder.). Captured 16.11.1916.
Repatriated to England 17.12.1918.
Admitted to hospital 19.3.1919 (not stated).
Stuart returned home September 1919 as a repatriated Prisoner of War, being discharged on the 29th November 1919.
Mr. Webb’s name has been inscribed on the Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial and the Collie Coal Company Ltd. Employees Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Stuart’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite, and Mr. Webb will automatically qualify as he was a Prisoner of War.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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