Studio portrait of 3204 Private (Pte) Wilmot Ernest West, 15th Battalion later transferred to the ...

Accession Number	P06980.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker	Spurling Studios
Place made	Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Date made	c 1915
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3204 Private (Pte) Wilmot Ernest West, 15th Battalion later transferred to the 47th Battalion, of Westbury, TAS. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked with the 10th Reinforcements a board HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 16 October 1915. Pte West was wounded in action on 9 August 1916 and was admitted to hospital, he proceeded overseas to France in January 1917 and rejoined his unit in the field on 6 February. On 7 June 1917 Pte West was killed in action, aged 22. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.