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Name: WEST, John Michael MM
Photo Source: Tom Lawrence
Nee: son of Alfred and Mabel Winifred West
Birth Date: 1921
Death Date: 30.9.1942 killed in action in Madagascar when the British removed the Vichy French
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, mini-Sitrep XXXII, KR
War Service: KAR
General Information:
mini-Sitrep XXXII - 2/Lt. KAR, Killed in action 30 Sep 1942
KR - Second Lieutenant John Michael West, KAR - died 30/9/1942 aged 21 - Diego Suarez War Cemetery, Madagascar
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 651). No birthdate in KR records.
CWGC war grave in Antsiranara, Diana, Madagascar