WEBB, William Ernest
Service Number: | 532 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 11 July 1898 |
Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 January 1917, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie Mooreville Road School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania | |
---|---|---|
1 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 532, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
1 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 532, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
Help us honour William Ernest Webb's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography
Born 11th July 1898 Emu Bay Tasmania the son of Charles and Jane May Webb (nee Laird) he embarked Hobart 1st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40th Infantry Battalion.
He was killed in action 30th January 1917 in France and is commemorated on the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, France.
In a letter of sympathy to Mrs White of Mooreville Road on the death of her son Lance-Corpl W. E. Webb, Major L. H. Payne says: —
"Your son was by reason of his happy disposition and unflagging cheerfulness the favorite of the company, while as a soldier he had become efficient, capable, and reliable. It was a pleasure to work with him and he gave promise of making a first class non-commissioned officer. He died at his post nobly for a noble cause."