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James WEBB

Regimental number306
Place of birthPort Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolSouth Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHotel employee
Address58 Bayaan Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinSister, Miss E Webb c/o C Hyde, Unley Road, Unley, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death31
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William and Mary Jane WEBB.

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