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WEST, Robert Pierce
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5458 |
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Enlisted: | 24 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Maribyrnong, Vic., 1874 |
Home Town: | Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Maribyrnong State School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 September 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Chester Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium II E 5 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Franklin Harbour WW2 Roll of Honour, Kalamunda Dist. Historical Society, Kalamunda District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5458, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Fanny West; husband of Amy Frances Hilda West, of Kalamunda, Western Australia.