Eric Roger WEBB

Regimental number2609
Place of birthElsternwick Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Address'Farleigh', Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Walter Edward Webb, 'Farleigh', Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria
Enlistment date19 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Mongolia on 11 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Medals

Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For great gallantry and good work, especially on the morning of 2 October, 1918. A troop was on patrol on the Damascus-Aleppo road when they were cut off from the main body by a force of 1,500 enemy. Under heavy machine gun and rifle fire, he stopped to assist fallen comrades, and but for him two men would have been captured or killed.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 42
Date: 20 May 1920