Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Major A. H. Webber, Australian Forces, late Merchant Navy

Vietnam 1964 (38707 A. H. Webber); Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, Vietnam (38707 A. H. Webber), in case of issue; Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, PNG (38707 A. H. Webber), in case of issue; South Vietnam Medal 19641 clasp, 1960- (38707 A. H. Webber), some enamel damage, first and last mounted as worn, good very fine and better except where stated (4) £350-450

Alan Howard Webber was born in Cardiff on 29 May 1931. Apprenticed with the British Tanker Company in 1947, he gained his Master’s Certificate in 1956, he was first appointed a Master of the Liberian registered M.T. Okene in 1974. Appointed a Captain in the Australian Regular Army in September 1965, he served with the Movement Control Group. In October 1965 he was appointed to the 32nd Small Ships Squadron employed in the movement of supplies and personnel in Australian and New Guinea waters. On 26 June 1966 he embarked from Sydney to Manus Island on the Army Vessel 1356 Clive Steel, and thence to Vung Tau, South Vietnam, arriving 15 July 1966. Flying back to Sydney, on 5 July 1967 he took the John Monash from Sydney to Port Moresby. Returning to the 32nd Small Ships Squadron in January 1968, he embarked on the Clive Steel at Townsville and sailed to Labuan and thence to Vung Tau, arriving there on 12 February 1968. He returned to Sydney in October that year. In March 1970 his previous short service commission was terminated and replaced with a permanent commission, being promoted to Major in June 1970. After further service in South Vietnam, August-September 1971, he resigned in Sydney on 30 October 1972 and resumed his career in the Merchant Navy. He died in Cardiff on 12 October 2001.

Sold with with a number of original documents: British Passport to Major Webber, issued 28 January 1971; Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign-going Steamship, dated 25 September 1956; Certificate of Competence in Radiotelephony, dated 26 July 1982; Apprentice’s Indenture, dated 18 July 1947; Certificate of Discharge, 1947-51; Seaman’s Record Book and Certificates of Discharge, 1952-73; Seaman’s Discharge Book, 1973-96; British Seaman’s Identity Card; British Seaman’s Card, dated 9 July 1973; Republic of Liberia Seaman’s Identification and Record Book, dated 1986; Australian Army I.D. Card in wallet. Sold together with copied service details and copy of Death Certificate.