Thomas WEST

WEST, Thomas

    Service Number: 1072
    Enlisted: 28 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Morvan, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1894
    Home Town: Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
    Schooling: Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 27 April 1915, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1072, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1072, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1072, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1072, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1072, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Arnold and Annie Eliza West of Tramlie Estate, Rocklea, QLD.

    Next of kin given as his brother Frank West of Belford near Maitland, NSW. Also brother of John James West who was killed in action on 1 Otober 1917 while serving with the 34th Battalion and has no known grave. Name appears of Menin Gate

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served in the cadets for 12 months and the Citizen Military Forces for about 3 years

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