WESTLEY, Joseph Arthur (JA)
Service Number: | 32 |
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Enlisted: | 28 February 1900 |
Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent |
Born: | Finniss Flat, South Australia , 27 May 1872 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farrier & Blacksmith |
Died: | Illness, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 13 May 1926, aged 53 years |
Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Methodist Section M5, Row 34, Grave 55 |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
28 Feb 1900: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 32, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent | |
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23 Jul 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 32, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent, Invalided back to Australia by ship Morayshire arriving 23rd July, 1901 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Joseph Arthur WESTLEY wa born on 27th May, 1872 in Finnis Flat, South Australia
His parents were Joseph WESTLEY & Caroline Elizabeth HIGGINS who married in the Registry Office in Strathalbyn on 21st December, 1871
He married Catherine JONES in the New Church in Adelaide on 25th November, 1897
Joseph served as a Farrier Sergeant with the 3rd South Australian Citizens Bushmen & was invalided to Australia, arriving 23rd July 1901 on ship Morayshire
Joseph died in Broken Hill, NSW on 13th May, 1926