Claude Bertie West

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A keen footballer, the ''Leader'' described Claude as “one of the most popular young men in Orange”, and “one of the best three-quarters in the west, his services being always in demand when an important match was to be played.
A keen footballer, the ''Leader'' described Claude as “one of the most popular young men in Orange”, and “one of the best three-quarters in the west, his services being always in demand when an important match was to be played.
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Claude's name appears on the Holy Trinity Church Orange Honour Roll.
Claude’s brother [[Jack Hilton West]] also served in WWI in the 34th Battalion.
Claude’s brother [[Jack Hilton West]] also served in WWI in the 34th Battalion.

Revision as of 03:04, 18 September 2014

WEST, Claude Bertie

Service no: 234 [1]

Place of birth: Bourke, May 1891

Address: Rotorua, 44 Hill Street, Orange

Occupation: Clerk

Next of kin: Arthur Edward West (father), Rotorua, 44 Hill Street, Orange

Date of enlistment: 24 August 1914

Place of enlistment: Sydney

Age at enlistment: 23

Fate: Embarked A14 Euripides Sydney 20 October 1914. Hospitalised June 1916 with tonsillitis and ear problems. Hospitalised 2 October 1915 suffering from enteritis. Promoted Lance Corporal 23 February 1916. Promoted Corporal 5 August 1916. Transferred to 4th Infantry Battalion 29 September 1916. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant 25 January 1917. Wounded in action, Etaples, France, 11 May 1917.

Date of death: 16 May 1917, 24th General Hospital, Etaples, France

Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France


Born in Bourke in 1891, Claude Bertie West was living and working in Orange as a clerk when World War One was declared. He enlisted in August 1914 and embarked in October the same year. Initially a Driver with the First Field Ambulance in France, West was transferred to 4th Infantry Battalion in Egypt, and later France.

Claude was promoted to Lance Corporal in February 1916, Corporal in August 1916 and 2nd Lieutenant in January 1917. West was wounded in action in France on 11 May 1917, receiving several gunshot wounds to the face, chin, thigh and leg. He died five days later.

A keen footballer, the Leader described Claude as “one of the most popular young men in Orange”, and “one of the best three-quarters in the west, his services being always in demand when an important match was to be played.

Claude's name appears on the Holy Trinity Church Orange Honour Roll.

Claude’s brother Jack Hilton West also served in WWI in the 34th Battalion.


Leader, 21 May 1917, p.5.

Lieutenant Claude West killed in action [2]


Leader, 21 February 1919, p.5.

Memorial tablet: Tribute to the Late Lieut. West [3]

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