WEST, Norman Charles
| Service Numbers: | 738, N69134 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16 Garrison Battalion (NSW) |
| Born: | Lucknow, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fall from Train, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1944, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cootamundra War Cemetery Plot B Row D Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 738, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 738, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 738, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, N69134 | |
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| 12 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Private, N69134, 16 Garrison Battalion (NSW) | |
| 12 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N69134, 16 Garrison Battalion (NSW), Parramatta, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward James West and Emily Charlotte West, of Wentworthville.
Pte. Norman Charles West who has been stationed with a garrison at a southern prisoner of war camp, met a tragic death when he apprently fell from the South-West Mail about two miles on the other side of Wallendbeen station during Friday night. The tragedy was not discovered until a guard of a goods train, which left Wallendbeen just after 7 o'cock on Saturday morning saw the body alongside the line. West had fallen on his face, and was apparently killed instantly. The South-West Mail passed through Wallendbeen at 12.14 on Friday night.
Deceased who was a returned soldier of the Great War, was a widower, and he lived at Wenworthville. His mother and sister arrived in Cootamundra yesterday morning.
The funeral left the Church of England at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, and the remains were interred in the war portion of the Cootamundra Cemetery.
Deceased was going home on leave until July 1.
Rev. A.W. Harris officiated at the graveside.
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