Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Webber Harry

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Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Harry Webber, 12th Battalion from Launceston, Tasmania. A 19 year old fitter and turner prior to enlisting on 20 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with B Company from Hobart on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Geelong. After joining the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli, he was wounded and suffered several periods of sickness. On recovering, he rejoined the battalion in France where he was again wounded and experienced sickness. In January 1918 he was Mentioned in Despatches and subsequently killed in action at Zonnebeke, Belgium on 10 March 1918. Capt Webber is buried in Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

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