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WEST, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 344 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1916, Brunswick, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Goornong, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 5 July 1947, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 344, 8th Machine Gun Company, Brunswick, Vic. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 344, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 344, 8th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 12 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Originally embarked 16 August 1916 however disembarked at Fremantle on 24 August 1916 (hospitalised with measles). Returned to duty 12 September 1916 and was transferred to 16th Battalion. | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Battle of Amiens | |
| 26 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 344, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RTA 2 June 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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