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WEBB, Frank Eltoft
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 59, 339 |
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Enlisted: | 27 February 1915, Parental consent supplied, as under 21 years of age. Initially, 23rd Infantry Battalion Headquarters Staff |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1897 |
Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Scholar |
Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Ararat General Cemetery Cremated Ballarat, ashes interred Ararat, with plaque. |
Memorials: | Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Parental consent supplied, as under 21 years of age. Initially, 23rd Infantry Battalion Headquarters Staff | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 59, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 59, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
2 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 59, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound, right fore arm and hand. | |
16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 339, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 339, 2nd Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
14 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
8 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, 13th Light Horse Regiment incorporated into 1st Anzac Mounted Troops. | |
10 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
7 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 339, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound, right arm, left foot. | |
21 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 339, 5th Infantry Battalion, Per HMT Mamari, invalided home from UK, disembarked Melbourne 4 February, 1919. | |
13 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 339, 5th Infantry Battalion, Awarded 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
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