Profile

WEBSTER, Henry Norman
(Service number 2/1224)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date 27/12/1891 Place of Birth Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Clifton Road, Takapuna
Occupation Warehouseman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin H. B. WEBSTER, Clifton Road, Takapuna
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship New Zealand Field Artillery
Date 17 April 1915
Transport Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Warehouseman; company director

Death

Date 26 August 1978 Age 86 years
Place of Death Te Puke
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Bay of Plenty Crematorium, Tauranga
Memorial Reference Row A2 RSA, Plot 58
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Norman Webster was the eldest son of Henry Bunting and Clara Wordsworth (née Sargood) Webster. He was educated at Waimataitai School, Timaru, and Wanganui Collegiate School. He was a warehouseman for Sargood Son & Ewen. Henry jnr married Linda Ethel Koch in 1923. His brother, Geoffrey Sargood Webster also served in World War I, and both Henry and Geoffrey served in World War II.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 January 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [22 January 2020]; Bay of Plenty Crematorium record [22 January 2020]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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