WEBSTER, Thomas
Service Number: | 232 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadow, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Fairfield Park, Victoria |
Schooling: | Wesley College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Dentist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 69, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 232, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Broadmeadow, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 232, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 232, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Webster and Martha Webster nee Burns of North Fitzroy, Victoria. Brother of Roy Gordon Webster MC MID who returned to Australia on 10 December 1918 having served with the 6th Battalion
Husband of Waltine Alice Brearley, formerly Webster (nee Ruck), of 'Quamby', Como Street, Alphington, Victoria formerly of Arthur Street, Fairfield, Victoria. Thomas and Waltine were married in Victoria in 1905c
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served his apprenticeship with A.J. Davey of North Melbourne