WEBSTER, William George
| Service Number: | 2225 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1915, 6th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | "The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cloncurry & District, Cloncurry War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2225, 9th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2225, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2225, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2225, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bill was the youngest of three children of George Webster (born 1858 in Ballarat, Victoria) and Harriet (Alice) Alice Dillon Parker (born 1865 in Ireland). George was a Miner when he married Alice in 1885 in Townsville, QLD). Following Alice's death in 1900, George lost contact with his children, and continued to live in Western QLD where he worked as a Miner until his death in 1916. Second son Thomas died in 1902 and the surviving two children had no further contact with their father.
Bill was a Miner at Cloncurry, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:2225) with 6th Reinrcements 9th Infantry Battalion. Bill was silghlty wounded in October 1915 in France, and was KiA on 23 July 1916. He was buried at Villers-Brettoneux Memorial.
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