James Edward (Jim) WESTLEY

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WESTLEY, James Edward

Service Number:	4085A
Enlisted:	6 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bowden, South Australia, 24 July 1883
Home Town:	Leabrook, City of Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Not known
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot V, Row C, Grave 13, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4085A, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), 5th Tunnelling Company
25 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4085A, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Melbourne on 25th may 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 18th July 1916
19 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), 5th Tunnelling Company
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 4085A, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Proceeded to France
16 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion
26 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Detached to 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company
26 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
6 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
19 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 4085A, Gunshot wound to left knee and left shoulder, subsequently dying of these wounds.
20 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, 4085A, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4085A awm_unit: 3 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-21

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Biography

"Corporal JAMES EDWARD WESTLEY, husband of Mrs. J. E. Westley, of 62, William-street, Norwood, died of wounds received in action in France on October 20. He was 31 years of age, and he left Australia on May 23, 1916. He leaves two young children." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 24 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

James Edward WESTLEY was born at Bowden, South Australia on 24th July, 1883

His parents were Thomas WESTLEY & Hannah Elizabeth MIDDLETON

He married Olive Inathe BROWN in 1910 in Broken Hill, NSW & had two children, Lawrence Edward & Mavis Muriel who were born in South Australia-

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