WEBSTER, Alexander
| Service Number: | 4432 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Monifieth, Angus, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wilga, Boyup Brook, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4432, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4432, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Place of Birth: Monifieth
Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. Sergeant Edward Watson - Service Number: 1590, of the 18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who fell at Gallipoli also hailed from Monifieth.
He was 28 and the son of Robert Webster, 8 David St, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Freemasons Roll of Honour-Lodge Broughty Castle no. 486.
He was initiated on the 25th August 1910 and is described in the petition book as a Bleacher, residing at 8 David Street, Broughty Ferry. He emigrated to Australia prior to the Great War.
Date of enlistment: 04.11.1915
Place of enlistment: Blackboy Hill WA.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.