WEBSTER  W.V.

Given Names:  William Vernon

               

Service Number:  39720

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 35th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  21 Yrs 

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11½ In                

Weight:  138 Lbs

Chest:  31-34½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/1/1918

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Webster

26 College Parade, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  30/4/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Port Darwin

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Suevic   

Embarked:  23/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  10/9/1919

Unit:  3rd Army Brigade                                                                                                                

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  3/10/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73791

Victory Medal:  69941

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/1/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William WEBSTER                      

Mother:  Carol ANDREW

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 23/12/1981                        

Place: Canterbury, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Chalmers Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary