John Raymond VEITCH

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Service Number:	1014
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 10 June 1896
Home Town:	Templestowe Lower, Manningham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchard Hand
Died:	Semaphore, South Australia, 29 March 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Rose Bus, Row BA, Site 25 Cremation service held on 1 April 1970 held at Enfield Memorial Park
Memorials:	Templestowe War Memorial

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1014, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1014, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1014, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 1014, 37th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1014, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Alexander Veitch and Martha Veitch nee Shields of Lower Templestowe, Victoria.

Previously had worked as a carpenter

Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 22 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c John married Dorothy Muriel Thomas in Victoria