VEIVERS, Roy
Service Numbers: | 5154, Q50721 |
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Enlisted: | 14 July 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, 8 July 1896 |
Home Town: | Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 7 December 1954, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Coomera Cemetery, Queensland |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 5154, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 5154, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
14 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5154, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
9 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5154, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
World War 2 Service
31 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q50721, Enlisted at Graythorne, QLD. | |
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31 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q50721 | |
10 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q50721, Discharged in QLD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Veivers and Mary Veivers nee McConanchie of 'Carara', Nerang, QLD formerly of Wellington, NZ.
Commenced return to Australia 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 9 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals WW1: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Medals WW2: War Medal, Australian Service Medal
During 1922c Roy married Patience Rhoda Edwards in QLD