Captain Robert Joseph Webster

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant
Birth Date 10/06/1891
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 5th Australian Divisional Train
  • Australian Army Service Corps
Place New South Wales
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 10/06/1891
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 31/03/1913 Commissioned with the rank of second lieutenant in the Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Military District.
Date of embarkation 24/09/1914
Date promoted 24/08/1914 Promoted to lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/03/1917
Date of honour or award 04/06/1917 Awarded the Military Cross.
Date returned to Australia 08/10/1918
Date of honour or award 31/12/1918 Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted 01/05/1918 Appointed captain and posted to the 1st Light Horse Brigade Train.
Date of honour or award 1956 Appointed CBE.
Date of honour or award 1959 Appointed CMG.
Date of honour or award 1963 Appointed KCMG.