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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Lieutenant John (Jack) Melville West

18/2/1889
Born at Mooroopna, VIC
17/8/1914
Enlisted at Essendon, VIC in the AIF, 7th Battalion, C Company, aged 25½
29/8/1914
Promoted to Sergeant
19/10/1914
Embarked aboard the HMAT A20 Hororata
2/12/1914
Disembarked in Egypt
5/4/1915
Proceeded to Join MEF
25/4/1915
Landed at Gallipoli
28/4/1915
Appointed Second Lieutenant
2/8/1915
Promoted to Lieutenant
9/8/1915
Wounded in action and admitted to the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance then to a Casualty Clearing Station
13/8/1915
Admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt - gunshot wound to hand and head
28/1/1916
Placed on the Supernumerary List
4/4/1916
Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital
11/4/1916
Embarked for Australia aboard the Runic
14/5/1915
Returned to Australia
10/7/1916
Appointment terminated
5/12/1916 - ?/12/1918
An Honorary Lieutenant with the AMF Censor's Staff, 3rd MD, Victoria
13/1/1919 - 1947
Employed by Munitions Supply Department

Last updated by lee, Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:55:54