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Deck Boy Thomas Woods West
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Deck Boy Thomas Woods West

Birth
Death
3 May 1942
Monument
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
Panel 130
Memorial ID
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See the Cenotaph here

Son of Tom and Grace West, of Sandgate, Queensland, Australia.

Served: Australian Merchant Navy.
Lost at Sea 3rd May. Aged 18 Years.
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Thomas Woods West was a Deck Boy on the (Dutch) merchant ship Laertes when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Florida, USA, on May 3, 1942. German submarine U-109 was responsible, and Mr. Hedley was one of 18 men who died as a result.
See the Cenotaph here

Son of Tom and Grace West, of Sandgate, Queensland, Australia.

Served: Australian Merchant Navy.
Lost at Sea 3rd May. Aged 18 Years.
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Thomas Woods West was a Deck Boy on the (Dutch) merchant ship Laertes when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Florida, USA, on May 3, 1942. German submarine U-109 was responsible, and Mr. Hedley was one of 18 men who died as a result.

Gravesite Details

Australian Merchant Navy



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