WEBB, Benjamin Wordsworth
| Service Number: | 11953 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Gloucester House, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown,New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11953, 1 Corps Troops Supply Column | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 11953, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 11953, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 11953, 3rd Motor Transport Company |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Dvr Benjamin Wordsworth WEBB
Regimental Number: 11953
Unit Name: Supply Column 3, Army Service Corps 26
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Motor Mechanic (5 years apprenticeship in New Zealand)
Address: 4 Windsor Street, Paddington, NSW
Age of Enlistment: 23 years and 11 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 21 April 1916, Sydney , NSW
Next of Kin: Mother, Ida Clemesha, 4 Windsor Street, Paddington, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Motor Transport Driver
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic., on board HMAT A19 Afric, on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Driver
Unit from Nominal Roll: 3rd Motor Transport Company
Campaigns Served: Western Front
War Service/Promotions: He disembarked Southampton, Hampshire, England, 24 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 25 November 1916. On leave in England between 4 October and 19 October 1917. Taken on Strength of 3rd Australian Divisional Motor Transport Coy on 12 March 1918 (on transfer from 3rd Australian Divisional Supply Column). On leave 12 March to 26 March 1918. To hospital, 9th Field Ambulance, sick with appendicitis, on 18 November 1918, and next day sent to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France (patients were transported by train). Rejoined unit 26 November 1918. He had leave in United Kingdom from 21 December 1918 to 6 January 1919. After six weeks in France, he was on leave again in the United Kingdom from 20 February 1919 to 6 March 1919. But following another six weeks in France he marched out on 29 April 1919 to United Kingdom for early repatriation to Australia. Disembarked at Southampton, and to report to Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. Admitted to hospital in Bulford, Wiltshire, from 3 May 1919 to 6 May 1919. Marched in from hospital to Parkhouse, Larkhill, Wiltshire, England, on same day. Sick with jaundice on troop ship home.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Chemnitz, 7 July 1919. He married Stella Maud Simpson, 6 November 1920, St Albans Church of England, Muswellbrook, NSW.
Place of Death: 25 November 1937, Gloucester House, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW
Place of Cremation: Rookwood, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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