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Webb H W  Gunner  31539

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 8 years, 1 month ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Webb H  Gunner  31539    Harry William   3 Div Amm Column    22    Motor body builder    Single    Cong

Address:    Ascot Vale, Ormond Rd,  12, "Lucerne"  

Next of Kin:    Webb, W H, father, 12 Ormond Rd, Ascot Vale   

Enlisted:    30 Sep 1916     

Embarked:     A20 Hororata 23 Nov 1916 

Prior service:   8 AFAB

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Webb D C A-g Sgt 21913 brother

 

At the age of 19 Harry Webb won a prize for his industrial design in Motor Bodies:

 

ALL-AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AWARDS. 
There was another huge attendance yesterday at the Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition which will close on Saturday. ....
In the industrial designs competition the following awards have been made...... 
Motor Bodies - Mr Harry W Webb,  Ascotvale, 1; ....    
The Argus 6 November 1913    
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7247182

 

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Webb, 259 Ascot Vale rd., Ascot Vale, have been notified that their son, Gnr. H . W. Webb, was killed in action on 4th October. At the time of his enlistment twelve months ago, he was an active worker of the Chelsea, Congregational Sunday School, filling the position of secretary.

 

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, November 15). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604303

 

 

Date of death: 04/10/1917

THE HUTS CEMETERY

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall R-Y                                

Ascot Vale State School

Ascot Vale Congegational Church Honour Board

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