Charles William (Bill) VEALE

VEALE, Charles William

Service Numbers: 68876, V351934
Enlisted: 24 June 1918, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements
Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 24 April 1899
Home Town: Barongarook, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling: Colac State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer [WW1]; Furniture Repairer [WW2]
Died: Colac, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1992, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Colac General Cemetery, Victoria
Lawn, D07, Row 808, Grave 38
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World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68876, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria
22 Oct 1918: Embarked Private, 68876, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide
22 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 68876, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
1 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 68876, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

1 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V351934, Warrant Officer. Enlisted at Colac, Victoria.
1 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, V351934
8 Jan 1946: Discharged AIF WW1, V351934, Warrant Officer. Discharged at the Headquarters, AMF.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William James Veale and Harriet Evelyn Veale nee Collins of Barongarook via Colac, Victoria.

On 28 February 1927 Charles married Muriel Mildred McKenzie in Victoria. Address at the time of enlistment for WW2 was given as Corangamite Street, Colac, Victoria. Post WW1 he worked as a salesman and also furniture dealer.

Biography contributed by Ian Fox

Eldest of ten children, Charles William Veale (Bill), worked on farm duties and dry stone-walling in the district.

Bill served in WWI, and on his return, he introduced the first professional bus service to Colac known as the 'Blue Bus Service'.

Bill and four of his brothers enlisted in WW2. As a Warrant Officer, Bill was appointed to special work at VDC HQ including Intelligence, Map Making and arranging of Coast Watching Posts along the Western District as far as Portland which included plans and reconnaissance sketches of bridges for demolition.

In 1944, he commenced duty with the United Kingdom Army & RAF Liaison Staff Headquarters in Melbourne for which he was highly commended and later served in Perth and Darwin.

[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]

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