Charles WEBB

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Service Number:	2237
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Bomb Dropped From Enemy Aeroplane, France, 30 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Assevillers New British Cemetery Grave: XII. C. 2., Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2237, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2237, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
30 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 2237, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2237 awm_unit: 5th Australian Infantry Brigade awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-30

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He was the son of Thornton John Webb of 85 Ferry Road, Tilbury.He was a steward [Ship’s?] He served 7 years on a training ship.

He stated he was born in Orsett, Essex

Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW aged 23 on 5th July 1915

He was engaged to Miss Edith. Annie Jenkins in Australia by whom he had a daughter Phyllis Ivy Jenkins born 12th November 1915 at Fremantle

His death was reported in the Grays and Tilbury Gazette of 28.09.1918