William Henry WEBB

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WEBB, William Henry

Service Numbers:	893, 1103, 568, 1752
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 August 1979
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Injuries (Fractured Skull) , Killed In Action, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, France, 30 September 1918
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-16. 29., Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Abermain War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cessnock Abermain Comforts Fund Pictorial Honour Roll, Cessnock Abermain Public School HR

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, 6th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 5th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 6th Bn
21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 568, Liverpool, New South Wales
4 Sep 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 5th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 568, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 568, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1752, 55th Infantry Battalion
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1752, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1752, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
17 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 55th Infantry Battalion
1 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 30th Infantry Battalion
4 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, reverted to Pte on his request
12 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
23 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 568, 30th Infantry Battalion
23 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1752, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Medically unfit - rheumatism and senility
28 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 30th Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 568, 30th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
30 Sep 1918:	Involvement 568, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 568 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-30

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'Roll of Honour.

WEBB.- In loving memory of our dear brother, L.- Sergeant W. H. Webb, B Company, 30th Battalion, killed in action Bullecourt, France, September 29, 1918; aged 22½ years.

Death cannot from our minds efface.
His happy smile, his dear face;
His words, his actions are not dead,
But in our hearts are daily read.
Time cannot alter love so deep and true,
This day brings back to us our grlef
anew.

Inserted by his loving sister and brother, Bella and Joe Dixon, also niece and nephew, Lizzie and Willie, Cessnock.

WEBB.- In loving memory of our dear friend, Lance-Sergeant W. H. Webb, killed in action September 29, 1918.

His warfare o'er, his battles fought,
His victory won, though dearly bought.
His fresh, young life could not be saved,
His slumbers now In a hero's grave.

Inserted by his loving friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dixon, senior, and family, Cessnock.' from Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 29 Sep 1920 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

A tragic story of a Forgotten Digger of The Boer War, The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.

100 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 15th January 1920, Private William Henry Webb (M.M.), 55th Battalion, carpenter from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and Goulburn, N.S.W., father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 40. GENERAL-16. 29.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139431668

Born at Paarl, Western Cape, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 4th August 1879 to John Henry and Elizabeth Webb of Tobacco Street, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, South Africa; husband of Jane Webb nee Carson (married 1903, New Zealand, died 1954 Timaru, New Zealand), William enlisted August 1914 with the 6th Battalion at Melbourne, Victoria.

Transferred to the 5th Battalion, William was invalided home July 1915 with chronic rheumatism and tuberculosis.

Reenlisting November 1915 with the 55th Battalion, Mr Webb was again invalided home February 1918 with rheumatism and senility.
William died on the 13th January 1920 from injuries (fractured skull) received by Albert Finnie at the Royal Hotel, Hunter Street West.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162589167
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139423653
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162587046

I placed a cross at Mr Webb’s unmarked grave April 2015, and submitted an application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip May 2019, unfortunately this was declined July 2019.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=432190#2

William will be honoured with a Plaque from the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-Diggers-361387354475450/
https://www.theheadstoneproject.org/aboutus/

Lest We Forget.

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