William Robert VEITCH

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Service Number:	602
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kent Town, South Australia, June 1886
Home Town:	Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Norwood Public School
Occupation:	Mason's labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Villers Brettoneux, Picardie France, 26 May 1918
Cemetery:	Longueau British Cemetery, Somme, France Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 7, Longueau British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Royal Oak Lodge Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Norwood War Memorial

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 602, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 602, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 602, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
26 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 602, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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Wife, Mrs Helen G Veitch, 20 King William Street, Kent Town, South Australia

Parents: Thomas Brown and Margaret VEITCH; husband of Mrs. E.G. VEITCH, Swansea, Largs Bay, South Australia