Hugh Everard WEBB

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WEBB, Hugh Everard

Service Number:	33136
Enlisted:	22 August 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Unspecified New Zealand Army Units
Born:	New Zealand, 21 April 1880
Home Town:	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Schooling:	The Geelong College
Occupation:	Bank Clerk, Union Bank
Died:	Hawthorn, Adelaide South Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1916:	Enlisted Private, 33136, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units
3 Sep 1916:	Transferred Private, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, 3rd September 1916 - transferred to 22nd Reinforcement 7th October 1916 - allocated to New Zealand Rifle Brigade - 23rd Reinforcement, H Company 20th November 1916 - promoted Sergeant, 14th March 1917 - Embarked on HMNZT '79' Ruapehu from Wellington, New Zealand, disembarking Devonport, England on 21st May 1917, marched in to Sling Camp, posted to New Zealand Rifle Brigade -5th Reserve Battalion and reverted to rank of Corporal 25th June 1917 - failed to qualify, reverted to ranks 2nd July 1917 - transferred from D Company, 6th Reserve Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, to Machine Gun Section, marched in to Grantham 4th July 1917 - promoted Temporary Corporal 25th October 1917 - appointed Acting Sergeant while employed in pay duties, Grantham 6th January 1918 - admitted Grantham Military Hospital, (pharyngitis) and reverted to Temporary Corporal 19th February 1918 - discharged to duty and reported to NZ Machine Gun Reserve Group, Grantham 19th April 1918 - discharged to Grantham from Grantham Military Hospital 9th May 1918 - admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, bronchitis 27th May 1918 - discharged to Grantham 22nd July 1918 - admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, bronchitis 6th August 1918 - discharged to Grantham 14th October 1918 - reverted to ranks 28th October 1918 - marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay Total war service: 2 years 169 days (of which 1 year 302 days was abroad).
2 Dec 1918:	Embarked 33136, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, Embarked for return to New Zealand on Maunganui from Liverpool, England on 2nd December 1918, disembarking New Zealand on 9th January 1919.
9 Jan 1919:	Discharged Sergeant, 33136, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, Served in New Zealand Army - NZ Machine Gun Reserve Group

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

WEBB, Hugh Everard (1880-1923)

Hugh Webb was born on 21 April 1880 in New Zealand, the son of the Rev Allan Walter Webb and Janet Paton nee Underwood.

The Rev Allan Webb was minister at Aberdeen St Baptist Church, Geelong when Hugh was enrolled as a day student at Geelong College on 12 May 1890. His address at the time of enrolment was Aberdeen Street, Geelong.

He served (No 33136) in the New Zealand Army during World War I.

His name is listed on the Geelong College Great War Memorial Tablet as 'Webb, H'.

Source : The Geelong College - https://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au/wiki/WEBB-Hugh-1880-1923.ashx?HL=webb

After an illness extending over about nine months, Mr. Hugh Everard Webb, a member of the Union Bank staff, Adelaide, passed away at his residence, Devonshire Street, Hawthorn, on Monday. The deceased, who was 43 years of age, was transferred from the New Zealand branch of the bank to Adelaide about three years age. He saw active service during the war, and was invalided home. In his younger days he was a prominent swimmer and footballer in Victoria. He was a brother of Mr. Noel A. Webb (Deputy President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration). A widow and two children survive.

Source : Register (Adelaide) - 14th August 1923, Page 8

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