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WEST, Robert Melville
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 53828 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1918, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Grave Services |
| Born: | Forest Lodge, New South Wales, 6 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kogarah Public School and Fort Street Public School |
| Occupation: | Pay clerk - Sydney Morning Herald |
| Died: | 19 October 1969, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican Monumental - Section 4 - 0591 |
| Memorials: | Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53828, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 53828, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 53828, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney | |
| 17 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 53828, Australian Grave Services |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Eldest son of Mr. Robert W and A West, of 'Melville' Washington Street, West Kogarah, NSW, he was educated at the Kogarah and Fort Street Schools. He joined the clerical department of the Sydney Morning Herald at the beginning of 1915.
In April 1916, he enlisted and was posted to the reinforcements of the 4th Battalion, but, on account of his father's death was released from service. He volunteered again in March, 1918, and left Australia with the reinforcements for the 13th Battalion, arriving in France in the October. He was in Amiens sector when the armistice was signed.
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