Henry Francis WEST

WEST, Henry Francis

    Service Number: 3013
    Enlisted: 11 July 1916, Enlisted, Toowoomba, Qld.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, 2 July 1898
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Debilitated by 1. Pulminary Tuberculosis / 2. Cardiac Failure, 6th A.G.Hospital - Kangaroo Pt., Brisbane City, Qld, Brisbane General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 April 1918, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
    Grave Location: 10-42-11, Portion 10/Section 42/Grave 11., Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3013, 11th Depot Battalion, Enlisted, Toowoomba, Qld.
    6 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4) Service Record of Private: Henry Francis WEST, SN 3013.
    29 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 3013, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
    29 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 3013, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
    12 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3013, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wounded - Medically debilitated by contracting - Syphilis, aggravated by misconduct; as per diagnosed - Date: 12/09/1917, admitted to 1st A.G.Hospital, Bulford, England. (NAA, Pg's, 27, 29) Service Record of Private: Henry Francis WEST, SN 3013.
    30 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3013, 49th Infantry Battalion, Medical Discharge: 30/01/1918, Medical Report claimed debilitated by diagnoses of "Pulminary Tuberculosis", discharged from 1st A.G.Hospital - Bulford, England; Immediately while debilitated from illness - Dissembarked on board Medical Ship: TSS Euripides A14, from Plymouth, England.
    30 Jan 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3013, 49th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Medical Ship: TSS Euripides A14, 30/01/1918, from - Plymouth, England; Private: Henry Francis WEST, SN 3013, was debilitated from illness, Pulminary Tuberculosis, thus claimed to be invalid for duty, (not in service to the AIF-WWI-49th Aust. Inf. Btn) at this time. (NAA, Pg's, 26, 56) Service Record of Private: Henry Francis WEST, SN 3013.

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    Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

    Son of Charles Theodore WEST & Sarah Annie (nee-HAYE) WEST.

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