The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Webber
- First Name:
- Claude William
- Nick Name:
- Bill
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX16254
- Company:
- ‘D’ Company Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 27.08.1941
- Discharged:
- 4.03.1946
- DOB:
- 12.11.1908
- Place of Birth:
- Bunbury, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Frederick Webber
- Mothers's Name:
- Mary Catherine Webber (nee Houghey)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Miner
- Singapore:
- A. G.H. Roberts Barracks Changi (March l942-April 1943, as staff), Selarang Barracks Changi. Selarang Barracks Changi, Kranji Hospital Woodlands, Changi Gaol Camp.
- Force:
- ‘F’ Force Thailand
- Camps Thailand:
- Shimo Sonkurai
- POW#:
- 1/9656
- Return Details 1945:
- Singapore‐Melbourne, HMT Largs Bay, Melbourne-Fremantle, HMT Strathmore.
General Description
Admitted to 2/13th A.G.H. with conjunctivitis on 7/2/1942 and diagnosed with corneal ulcer to left eye. Transferred to 2/9th Field Ambulance on 8/2/1942 and discharged to unit on 28/2/1942. It is believed Webber was transferred to 2/9th Field Ambulance joining his brother George, exchanging with Pte. Goulden who was later executed at Victoria Point having attempted to escape.
Bill left Changi with ‘F’ Force to work on Burma-Thai Railway, Thailand in 1943. Please read further.
Below: 48 men from 2/4th MGB who were part of ‘F’ Force Thailand. Compiled by Harold Cowie.
Bill is son of Frederick Webber and Mary Catherine Haughey. Bill was one of three sons and three daughters. Frederick died 1951 and Catherine in 1960. Bill’s brother George also enlisted and became POW of Japan.
Bill married 1946 to Hilda Emily Guest.
Bill Webber died 17 July 1971.
Camp Locations:
- Changi Gaol Camp - Singapore
- Kranji Camp Woodlands - Singapore
- Roberts Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Shimo Sonkurai, 288k - Thailand
