WEBSTER, John
| Service Numbers: | 805, 2206 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichardt, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 805, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1914: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 805, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion, Armentieres, France - GSW right arm (amputation) | |
| 2 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion, per HMT Euripides to Melbourne | |
| 16 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 29th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the eldest of four children of James Webster (born at sea en route to Victoria in 1952) and Sarah Ann Snowdon (b1856 at Golden Gully in Bendigo, Victoria). John - a Blacksmith - and Sarah married in 1877 in Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria where they raised their family. In the early 1900s the family moved to Melbourne, Victoria.
John worked as a Blacksmith's Labourer, and in September 1914 he enlisted briefly in the AIF (Private; Service No:805) attached to 14th Infantry Battalion - Discharging in October that year. In January 1915 John re-enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:2206) with 29th Infantry Battalion. In Armentieres, France, John was WiA - a GSW to the right arm in July 1916. His arm was subsequently amputated below the elbow, and John was Discharged in March 1918.
John returned to Melbourne, Victoria and lived with his mother , working as a Labourer/Handyman until his Death in 1924.