HMAS PLATYPUS
WEBB, Charles Thomas
Service no 5533
Acting Leading Stoker
HMAS Platypus
Enlisted Melbourne 22 February 1916. Service – High Seas.
Also served on HMAS's Suva, Platypus, and light cruiser HMAS Encounter.
Discharged on 4 March 1921.
Age 20, and was 5'4½" with a fresh complexion, brown eyes and dark hair.
Born at Hill End. Son of Mrs. Mary Ester Webb, Hill End. Brother of Private Frederick Andrew Webb, 1 Depot Battalion, Seymour.
Awarded the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.
Courtesy of Ron Blair
Service no 5533
Acting Leading Stoker
HMAS Platypus
Enlisted Melbourne 22 February 1916. Service – High Seas.
Also served on HMAS's Suva, Platypus, and light cruiser HMAS Encounter.
Discharged on 4 March 1921.
Age 20, and was 5'4½" with a fresh complexion, brown eyes and dark hair.
Born at Hill End. Son of Mrs. Mary Ester Webb, Hill End. Brother of Private Frederick Andrew Webb, 1 Depot Battalion, Seymour.
Awarded the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.
Courtesy of Ron Blair