David Francis VEALE

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VEALE, David Francis

Service Number:	3293
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carrick On Suir, Ireland, 1889
Home Town:	Kensington, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 23
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3293, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
12 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3293, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3293, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
6 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 27th Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3293, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand
19 Mar 1918:	Involvement 3293, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3293 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-03-19

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Blanche Marjorie Veale nee Evans C/- Talbot Smith, Kensington Park, SA, later known as Blanche Jarrett. David and Blanche were married on 27 November 1915 in St. Ignatius Church, Norwood, SA.

Prior to coming to Australia David served with the East Lancashire Regiment for seven or eight months before deserting.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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