William Oliver WESTLAKE

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WESTLAKE, William Oliver

Service Numbers:	582, V351463
Enlisted:	1 September 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps
Born:	Portland, Victoria, Australia , 1 September 1896
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	Jancourt, Corangamite, Victoria,, 2 July 1957, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156592856/william-oliver-westlake
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 582, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 582, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Morinda embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Sergeant, 582, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Morinda, Sydney
5 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 582, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps

World War 2 Service

28 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V351463
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V351463

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sergeant William Oliver Westlake (Service No:582) initially served in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and was in Sydney when he enlisted in the AIF on 1 September 1916. Sergeant Westlake served with the Australian Naval and Medical Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps and made several journeys to New Guinea prior to Discharge on 5 December 1917. In WWII he served in the ACMF (WOII; Service No:V351463) with 8th Battalion VDC from 28 March 1942 to 20 September 1945.

Born in Kenmare, Victoria in 1896, William was the eldest of six children of William Henry Westlake (b1864 at Big Gorge in Yankalilla, South Australia) and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Esther Dellar (b1868 in Hamilton, Victoria). William Snr settled in Kenmare in 1890 and was a Farmer when he and Lizzie married in 1895 in Willenabrina. They lived at Kenmare before settling in Portland in 1910. William Snr was a Farmer and served as Borough councillor and member of the Hospital Board, and was a prominent member and life Deacon of the Baptist Church (Trove: Obituary 1949)

William was a Farmer in Portland, and in 1923 in Geelong married Dorothy May Mattingley (b1897 in Geelong, Victoria). William and Dorothy settled in Portland where they raised their family and William was a Farmer until his death in 1957. Dorothy died in 1956.

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