Thomas Victor VEITCH

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Service Number:	4911
Enlisted:	15 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Manning, Western Australia, 15 June 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4911, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4911, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4911, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
17 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 11th Battalion.
2 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4911, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the right heel. Embarked for England on6 April 1917 aboard HS Jan Breydel
9 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4911, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to tachycardia

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Son of Christopher John Veitch and Caterina Veitch nee Canali of Princess Street, Claremont, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 17 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1939c Thomas married Jean Marion Grieve in Perth, WA