WEBSTER, Nelson Claude
Service Number: | NX28959 |
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Enlisted: | 6 June 1940, Paddington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Commando Squadron |
Born: | Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1912 |
Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter & Joiner |
Died: | Accidental (Drowning), New Guinea, 27 January 1945, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery LL C 7 |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Shire of Canobolas, Orange St John's Uniting Church WEBSTER Memorial Plaque, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Trooper, NX28959 | |
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6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX28959, 2nd/10th Commando Squadron, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Leonard Frederick and Sarah WEBSTER, 'Roseleigh', Woodward Street, Orange, NSW
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS LOVED ONES
Mrs. Webster, of Orange, has received offical word that her only son Trooper Nelson Webster has been drowned whiel in action in New Guinea. Trooper Webster, prior to his enlistment was well and popularly known in Orange, and was employed at a local garage. He was a native of Forest Reefs and unmarried.