John WEST

Regimental number17548
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, W R West, Fencourt, Rural Delivery, Cambridge
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Mounted Rifle Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waihora on 5 December 1916
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialJerusalem War Cemetery (Row J, Grave No 7), Palestine
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 46, p. 3

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