Thomas Henry WEST

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Service Number:	893
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yeoval, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Yeoval, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Yeoval Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentiers, France, 21 January 1917
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot 111, Row D, Grave 17 Headstone inscription reads: Another hero gone to rest to sleep for ever with the Blest Rev. C.S. Richmond officiated Commemorated in the Gilgandra Cemetery, NSW, Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 893, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 893, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney

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Son of John and Sarah Ann West of Yeoval, NSW

Attested on the 20 January 1916

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal