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WEBSTER, Richard Wynne
Personal Details
Service Number: | 114 |
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Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 114, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 114, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 114, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 114, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Maurice Webster and Frances Webster of 458 Oxford Street, Paddington, NSW. Brother of Dudley Edward Webster of 33 Blake Street, Rose Bay, NSW who returned to Australia on 10 June 1919 having served with the 19th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal