Roland Thomas VEALE

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Service Number:	5703
Enlisted:	24 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1891
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Powder Maker
Died:	6 September 1935, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

24 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5703, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5703, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5703, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5703, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the thigh. Embarked HS Grantully Castle on 16 May 1917 for England
25 Sep 1918:	Imprisoned Captured on 18 August 1918 and in German hands. Repatriated and arrived in England on 8 December 1918
31 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5703, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Minnie Mary Veale of Simpson Street, Yarraville, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal