WEBBER, Sidney Arthur
| Service Number: | NX53777 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Supply Depot Companies / Platoons |
| Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1917 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Prisoner of War - Executed, Borneo, 18 June 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX53777, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons | |
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| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53777 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Private Sidney Webber was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his death as a result of escaping on 18 June 1945. Private Webber was part of the second Sandakan Death March when, on 7 June 1945, while three Allied aircraft flew overhead, he and four other Australians took advantage of the situation and escaped into the jungle. The group evaded capture until 18 June 1945, when they were approached by a small boat. Hiding in the boat was a Japanese soldier who appeared from beneath a cover and shot and killed and Private Webber and Corporal Edward Emmett, who was also awarded a Commendation for Gallantry. Only one member of the group of five survived. Gunner Owen Campbell survived the escape attempt and was able to return to Australia to provide evidence of what happened on the Sandakan death march. -Defence Honours and Awards
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