Robert Pierce WEST

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Service Number:	5458
Enlisted:	24 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Maribyrnong State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 September 1916
Cemetery:	Chester Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium II E 5
Tree Plaque:	Kalamunda Stirk Park Memorial Walk
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda District Roll of Honour, Kalamunda St. Barnabas Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

24 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5458, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5458, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5458, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle

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Son of Thomas and Fanny West; husband of Amy Frances Hilda West, of Kalamunda, Western Australia.

Wounded in action (shell shock) in France 12/8/16.

KIA at Ypres.

Cousin from Rockingham (Private W E Mead) and Leederville (Sergeant Harry Mead) also KIA.