WEBSTER, Edwin Luckman
| Service Number: | 2413 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1916, 4th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 21 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1972, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bothwell Public Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Men of Bothwell Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, France: Machine Gun Wound to right leg | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion, per A30 HT Borda | |
| 19 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Edwin was the youngest of six children of William Thomas (aka Gilbert) Webster (b1857 in Surrey, England) and Selina Manser (b1856 in Bothwell, Tasmania). William - a Commercial Traveller - and Selina married in 1883 in Campbell Town, Tasmania.
Edwin was a Labourer in Bothwell, Tasmania when he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:2413). He served with 40th Battalion 4th Reinforcements and was WiA on two occasions in 1917 in France. Edwin was Discharged in 1918. Brother Tasman (Trooper; Service No:662) also served in WWI and was KiA in Turkey in 1915.
Edwin returned to Bothwell, Tasmania where he worked as a Labourer. He died in 1972.
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