Detail victim

Name WEST
Initials HA
First name HERBERT AUSTIN
Place of birth Botany
Country New South Wales, Australia
Last residence Dulwich Hill, New South Wales
Family Son of Edwin and Margaret West, of Darleyoak, Rylstone, New South Wales
Two brothers, Harry Walter and Clifford Sydney, also served, both survived;
Profession Carpenter

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 13 May 1916, New South Wales
Service number 5914
Rank Lance Corporal
Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 20th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 5th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Enlisted at the age of 14 years and 8 months; Embarked 7 October 1916; promoted Lance Corporal at the age of sixteen; wounded 3 May 1917, returned to the trenches one week later; appointed Lance Corporal 30 June 1917

Wounded 3 May 1917, shrapnel wound right arm, France
6 October 1917, shrapnel wound back and upper arm, Belgium
Type of wounds Died of wounds in n°2 Can CCS
Date of death 8 October 1917
Died at the age of 16
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - I - 19A