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WEBSTER, Robert Joseph
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Train |
Born: | Hillgrove. New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1891 |
Home Town: | Hillgrove, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Charters Towers State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Public servant - later prominent businessman |
Died: | Natural causes, Castle Cove, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1981, aged 90 years |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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21 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Army Service Corps | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train | |
14 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
13 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train | |
4 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, For courage, resourcefulness and devotion to duty, at all times, since joining the AIF in September 1914 including during his service in Upper Egypt against the Senussi (November 1915 - February 1916), during the Suez Canal March (June 1916) and in France, with 5th Divisional Train (July 1916 - February 1917), including four months on the Somme front. | |
8 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train, Embarked at Taranto for Suez, then on 26 October 1918 in HT Port Sydney for return to Australia (1914 leave) - arriving Melbourne 2 December 1918, then to Brisbane. | |
31 Dec 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Train |
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