John WINTERS (WEBB)

WINTERS (WEBB), John

    Service Number: 2687
    Enlisted: 21 May 1915, Enlisted in Longreach, Queensland
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, 1884
    Home Town: Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917
    Cemetery: Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
    Plot XX1X, Row D, Grave 14, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    21 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2687, Enlisted in Longreach, Queensland
    16 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2687, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    16 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2687, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    10 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 2687, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2687 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-10

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Real name was John Webb enlisted under teh assumed name of John Winters ref: to a letter from his brother to Base Records dated 25 June 1920. There is some confusio in the surnames and his mother signed the form to his medals as Mary McGroder giving 'her daughter permission to collect the medal

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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