WEST, Ross Raynor
| Service Number: | 28988 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toongabbie, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28988, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28988, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 28988, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28988 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
Ross Raynor West
* No military records honours were given to Ross Raynor West.
* His Rank was a gunner.
*1st Enlistment : Gunner West was the first volunteer from Blacktown Shire and the first soldier to return home. After his discharge, he worked as the Recruiting Officer at Geurie NSW on behalf on the local war service Committee before volunteering for re-enlitment in Dubbo. On that occasion he was rejected.
*His job before the Army was a printer
*Gunner West received a War Pension from March 3 1916. This was cancelled when he tried re-enlisted.
*2nd Enlistment: Gunner West's family received a letter from his Commanding Officer, stating that Gunner West was killed whilst on detachment to the 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery. Gunner West's brother ,Hubert Walker West, was killed in action on 25 September exactly one year later.
Submitted 2 December 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien
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