William Edward VEAL

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Service Number:	1044
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria Row E, Grave 4083
Memorials:

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
26 Nov 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis and rheumatism

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Son of William P. Veal and Elizabeth Veal nee Ansett of Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.

Husband of Mary Ann Veal of Elgin Street, Carlton, Victoria later of Bendigo, Victoria. Mary died on 5 July 1915.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 from Suez aboard HT Themisticles disembarking on 9 September 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

William's address in 1921 was given as Klappa Kampit, Boeding, Billiton, Dutch East Indies.

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