Walter Charles WEST

WEST, Walter Charles

Service Number: 504
Enlisted: 21 October 1914, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Harewood, Yorkshire, England, 1885
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Diptheria, 3rd General Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 29 September 1915
Cemetery: Portianos Military Cemetery
Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 188 Rev. A. E. Talbot officiated, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA
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World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 504, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
17 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 504, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 504, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
29 Sep 1915: Involvement Trooper, 504, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 504 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-29

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Sarah West. Next of kin given as his brother Charles West of Werribee Park, Victoria. Also brother of Henry Charles West of Leeds, England

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