Harold Thomas WEST

WEST, Harold Thomas

Service Number: SX11551
Enlisted: 1 March 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, 14 May 1896
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Rigger
Died: Illness - Dysentry, Burma, 11 July 1943, aged 47 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
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Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

1 Mar 1941: Involvement Driver, SX11551
1 Mar 1941: Enlisted Wayville, SA
15 Dec 1943: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), SX11551, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Harold Thomas WEST was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 14th May, 1896

His parents were Thomas WEST & Florence WELSH

He served during WW2 under the name Robert THOMPSON

Harold died from Dysentry whilst a prisoner of war on 11th July, 1943