Regimental number | 10612 |
Place of birth | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Canterbury Grammar School, Victoria |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 38 Zetland Road, Mont Albert, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, W N West, 38 Zetland Road, Mont Albert, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served with Senior Cadets, 21st Battery A.F.A., Windsor, Area 48A. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 13 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Jeancourt, France |
Age at death | 21.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Tincourt New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 23), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of William Nelson and Isabella West |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 512 Company Sergeant-Major Eric NORMAN, 8th Bn, killed in action, 27 July 1916; 1055 Sergeant Percy Clarence NORMAN MM, 2nd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 23 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |