Joseph Arthur (JA) WESTLEY

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WESTLEY, Joseph Arthur (JA)

Service Number:	32
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
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Boer War Service

28 Feb 1900:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 32, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent
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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Biography 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

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