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Second Lieutenant JOHN MICHAEL WEST

Service Number: 336207
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's African Rifles

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 6.

Madagascar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mable Winifred West, of Kitala, Kenya.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE GLADLY THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Madagascar
Number of casualties: 315
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