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Webster-W-H-Pte-2897

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 5 years, 7 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This might be Private William Henry Webster, 19, jeweller of Kensington who

embarked with Ern Warry on the Hororata with the 9th Reinforcements of the

14th Battalion.  Detail from a group photo owned by Ern Warry  (Photo courtesy

of Jenny Coates.)

 

Webster W H    Pte    2897    William Henry     14 Inf Bn    19    Jeweller's engraver    Single    C of E

Address:    Kensington, Gower St, 47   

Next of Kin:    Webster, W S, father, 47 Gower St, Kensington   

Enlisted:    5 Jul 1915       

Embarked:     SS Makarini 15 Sep 1915   

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Webster C O E Pte 2672

 

Mr. and Mrs. W. S Webster, 47 Gower street, Kensington, have been notified that   their second son, Corporal W H Webster, has been wounded and .... since 11th April. He enlisted on his nineteenth birthday, in July 1915. He now belongs to a machine gun company and was engaged in the Somme offensive. Corporal Webster has an elder brother with the Pioneers.

 

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, May 24). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74602649

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded

Regimental Register

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