WEST, Claude Bertie
| Service Number: | 234 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 16 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery XVII B 18 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church C B WEST Memorial Plaque, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange Railways Ambulance and Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honour, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 234, 1st Field Ambulance, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 234, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 234, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 16 May 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur E West, 44 Hill Street, Orange, New South Wales
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON THY WILL BE DONE
An impressive ceremony was held in Holy Trinity Church, when Canon Walker-Taylor unveiled a memorial tablet presented by the Western Commercial Travellers to the memory of the late Lieut. Claude West, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur .West. The lamented soldier's father is one of the oldest of our western travellers, and an esteemed member of the C.T.A. There was a crowded congregation, comprising about 50 travellers, members of the V.A.Ds., and Digger's Post, and local military units. The tablet, which is of brass, bears the following inscription: — -"In memory Lieut. Claude Bertie West, No. 254, 1st Batt., A.I.F. Enlisted August 8, 1914. Killed in action In France on May 16, 1917. Aged 26. Erected by
the Western Commercial Travellers. For God and Country."