Hugh Everard WEBB

Regimental number33136
Date of birth21 April 1880
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionBaptist
OccupationBank clerk
AddressUnion Bank of Australia, Queen Street, Auckland
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 11.5"
Weight182 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M M Webb, 16 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed as 1st Lieutenant, National Reserve.
Enlistment date22 August 1916
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Discharge date6 February 1919
Other details

War service, England

Posted 22nd NCO, 22 August 1916; transferred to 22nd Reinforcement, 3 September 1916; allocated to H Company, 23rd Reinforcement, 7 October 1916.

Promoted Sergeant, 20 November 1916.

Embarked Wellington, 14 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 May 1917, marched in to Sling Camp, posted to 5th Reserve Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and reverted to rank of Corporal.

Failed to qualify, reverted to ranks, 25 June 1917.

Transferred from D Company, 6th Reserve Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, to Machine Gun Section; marched in to Grantham, 2 July 1917.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 4 July 1917.

Appointed Acting Sergeant while employed in pay duties, Grantham, 25 October 1917.

Admitted Grantham Military Hospital, 6 January 1918 (pharyngitis) and reverted to Temporary Corporal; discharged to duty and reported to NZ Machine Gun Reserve Group, Grantham, 19 February 1918.

Discharged To Grantham from Grantham Miliary Hospital, 19 April 1918.

Admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, 9 May 1918 (bronchitis); discharged to Grantham, 27 May 1918.

Admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, 22 July 1918 (bronchitis); discharged to Grantham, 6 August 1918.

Reverted to ranks, 14 October 1918.

Marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 28 October 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Maunganui', 2 December 1918; disembarked New Zealand, 9 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 6 February 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 169 days (of which 1 year 302 days was abroad).

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 31
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805