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Fighting Sons of the Empire – Westonia WW2

13/04/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following records have been very kindly sourced by Graeme Monaghan, I would like to thank him for all his hard work:- The following is a list of the men in WW2, who joined up, or were born in Westonia WA. It is not a comprehensive list, as there may be others we have not […]

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Fighting Sons of the Empire – Westonia WW1

30/03/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The following records have been very kindly sourced by Graeme Monaghan, I would like to thank him for all his hard work:- The following is a list of the men who joined up for WW1 in Westonia WA. It is not a comprehensive list, as there may be others we have not yet found. As […]

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Westonia rolls of honour :-

23/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

These are Roll of honour board’s in the memorial room, located inside the Old Miners Hall (Miners and Mechanics Institute)  at Westonia which was built in 1914 & fully restored between 2007 – 2009. The war memorial room was added and completed in 2008 to hold the WWI Roll of Honour (right) and the newly […]

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Westonia Cemetery- from past to present

31/07/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

As previously promised we I would now like to announce that the Westonia Cemetery burial register is now available online, it is available in full  for the first time on the Outback Family History Web site. Other sites have included parts of the register  but in collaboration with the Westonia Shire, we are proud to […]

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An Extraordinary Tale

19/02/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

I have often mentioned, the regular occurrence, of what you may call ‘synchronicity’ where two related things come together for no apparent reason. It seems to happen with amazing regularity and I have lost count on how many time I have received an enquiry on a particular person or place only to have another person […]

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