James Edgar VEITCH

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Service Number:	6103
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Ganger
Died:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 8 May 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia Methodist Section, Row A, Grave 246
Memorials:	Bunbury Picton Roll of Honour

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6103, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6103, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6103, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
19 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6103, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wounds to the left foot and knee. Embarked HS Panama on 24 August 1917 for England
2 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6103, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Son of Robert James Veitch and Sarah Veitch nee Iles if Allendale, Victoria.

Husband of Ethel Mary Veitch nee Vague of East Cannington, WA. James and Ethel married during 1904 in East Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 4 January 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal