VEITCH, Joseph Raymond
| Service Number: | 1258 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cook's Hill Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 15 December 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot 4, Row B, Grave 4. Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dearly loved son of Mr. E. Veitch of Newcastle |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1258, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 1258, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 1258, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Veitch and Eliza Veitch of Lindsay Street, Hamilton, NSW later of Mogo Creek, St. Albans, NSW.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 15th December 1916, Sergeant Joseph Raymond Veitch, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1258), clerk (Public Works Department), from 102 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at Armentieres, France, age 19 years 3 months. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Parramatta, New South Wales on the 2nd September 1897 to Thomas (died 8.6.1916, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 58) of 102 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 91 Lindsay Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., and Eliza Veitch (died 25.11.1935, Parramatta, N.S.W., age 77, sleeping at Rookwood Cemetery) of Mogo Creek, St. Albans, via Hawkesbury, New South Wales (1917), Joe enlisted on the 16th January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Mr. Veitch is resting at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Plot IV Row B Grave 4.
Place of Association – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Joe’s name has been inscribed on the Gardner Memorial and the Book of Gold. Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque for father Thomas to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Joe’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-60. 31.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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