Soldier profiles
Name : WEBSTER, GEOFFREY NOALL
Service Number : VX15235
Date of Birth : 30/01/1914
Place of Birth : STRATFORD, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 16/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : STRATFORD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WEBSTER, JOHN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 9 PLATOON C COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) : 16/06/1941-17/06/1941 DURING RECONNAISSANCE BEFORE ATTACK
Discharged : 15/01/1946
Date Died : 19/01/2000
Age at Death : 85
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA, JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0091 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6219634 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 130kB), Past article (size 180kB), Past article (size 120kB), Past article (size 51kB), AWM_P01521.001.jpg, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 121kB)
Background : Member of 13/19th Light Horse Regiment before enlisting. Educated at Geelong College. Married 22/06/1940 to Dorothy May Kinnear.
