1914/15 Star Trio. to 1/A.N. & M.E.F.
WWI Trio. 1/A.N. & M.E.F.
All impressed "919 Pte (then Gnr.) C.F. Webb 1/A.N. & M.E.F.
Cecil Frank Webb first enlisted on 11/8/14 into the "Special Expeditionary Force" (1/A.N.&M.E.F.) at 28 years of age. He states prior service with "A" Battery R.A.A. for 5 years. Webb embarked from Sydney aboard H.M.A.T. Berrima on 19/8/14 for 6 months service with the A.N.&M.E.F. in Rabaul.
On his return he discharged from the A.N.&M.E.F. and enlisted into the A.I.F. as number 4408 Pte. with 1st. F.A.B. on 18/3/15. He embarked again from Sydney on 26/6/15 for service in the Middle East.
On 6/9/15 Webb was admitted to hospital in Heliopolis, Egypt, with appendicitis. He was then diagnosed with "aortitis", a heart disease, and embarked from Suez on 31/10/15 for an early return to Australia, and discharge on 10/2/16.
A.N.&M.E.F. trios scarce on the market. Swing mounted "long" as worn.
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