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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Cecil Ernest Webb |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
Cecil Ernest |
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| Surname: |
Webb |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
24/2116 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Corporal |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Civil servant |
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| Next of Kin: |
Richard Attew Webb (father), Sutherland Road, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
4th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
4 March 1916 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
26 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
30 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 3rd |
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| Place of Death: |
Bapaume, France |
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| Date of Death: |
26 August 1918 |
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| Age at Death: |
30 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
I. C. 22. |
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| Memorial Name: |
National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Richard and Mary Webb, of Wellington, New Zealand.
- Cecil Webb is commemorated on one of the bells (donated by his relatives) of the Wellington War Memorial Carillon. Arthur Llewellyn Webb is commemorated on the same bell.
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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