Percival James VEALE

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VEALE, Percival James

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 18 January 1887
Home Town:	California Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Bendigo School of Mines for Mechanical Engineering, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1951, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Garden N4, Bed 3, Rose 04. Cremation service held on 31 July 1981
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
15 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the hand
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
7 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Veale and Mary Jane Veale nee Christian of Mount Korong Road, California Gully, Victoria. Brother of William Charles Douglas Veale MC and DCM who returned to Australia on 22 November 1919 having served with the 5th Field Company Engineers.

On 9 November 1918 Percival married Doris Lilian May Holmes in Long Eaton, Shordlow, England.

Returned to Australia on 9 January 1920 aboard HT Megantic

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1938c Percival married Hazel Hyde Hampson in Victoria

Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

Memorial: The Victorian Garden of Remembrance.

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