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WEST, Brian Jack
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX30409 |
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Enlisted: | 12 June 1940, Paddington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia , 1 February 1917 |
Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Died of wounds, At sea (Malaya), 14 February 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Singapore Col 115 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canobolas Memorial Park, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church B J WEST Memorial Plaque, Orange Shire of Canobolas, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NX30409 | |
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12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX30409, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Paddington, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Willie Edwin and Joyce Gertrude West, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.