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 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 returned to Australia 08/10/1918
Date of honour or award 1956 Appointed CBE.
Date of honour or award 1959 Appointed CMG.
Date of honour or award 1963 Appointed KCMG.