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Roderick Ernest West

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roderick Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    West AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 43610 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 March 1883 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E.P. West (wife), care of J. Best, Appleby, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E.P. West (wife), care of J. Best, Appleby, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 24 April 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Pre 19 March 1918 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 43610 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sergeant Roderick West was a Defensive Gunner on the ss Turakina when she was it was sunk by the Orion nearly 500 km off the Taranaki coast after a brief gun battle. He was also a Defensive Gunner on the ss Hurunui when she was sunk by the German submarine U-94, 48 miles SxW from the Lizard on 18th May 1918. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 April 1964 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM Block 23, Plot 016 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22017973
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      66: 24 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      80: 19 AWMM

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31 March 2020PhilAucklandResearcher
30 May 2016TerrySouthbridge, New ZealandDirect descendant

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