Jack Hilton West
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WEST, Jack Hilton
Service no: 2012
Place of birth: Bourke, 17 February 1893
Address: Rotorua, 44 Hill Street, Orange, later Spring Hill then 2 Warrendine Street, Orange
Occupation: Bottler
Next of kin: Arthur Edward West (father), Rotorua, 44 Hill Street, Orange
Date of enlistment: 29 February 1916
Place of enlistment: Orange
Age at enlistment: 23
Fate: Embarked A37 Barambah Sydney 23 June 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 25 August 1916. Hospitalised 5 July 1916 suffering from tonsillitis. Hospitalised 13 October 1916. Proceeded to France 21 November 1916. Nominated for Military Medal 2 March 1918. Returned to Australia 10 August 1919. Discharged 25 September 1919.
Date of death: 12 December 1968, aged 75 years, Orange