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Ernest John Herbert Webb

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest John Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Webb AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1021 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 July 1881 Military Personnel file Dunedin, Otago Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 42 Elgin Road, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Herbert Webb, Solicitor, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1021 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of injuries sustained in an accident on the troopship AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Herbert and Sara Webb of Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 November 1914 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery, Sri Lanka AWMM C.E. IX. 7. 5. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • In loving memory of Ernest John Herbert Webb (Surgeon Lieutenant) a member of and forbear in our Webb family, tragically lost due to an accident on a troopship in Colombo. Born: 1881 Died: 1914
    Public - Terence Edward - Other Relative - 21 February 2015
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07 April 2015Terence EdwardLower HuttOther Relative
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