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Walter Henry WEST

Regimental number4891
Place of birthExeter, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWellington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinSister, Mrs Williams, 4 Rodney Lane, Bread Street, Ilfracombe, North Devon, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 July 1916
Place of death or woundingNo. 8 Stationary Hospital
Age at death23
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row O, Grave 27a), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Henry Lyne and Frances Susanah WEST.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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