VEITCH, Donald
Service Number: | 158 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1876 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Waterside Worker |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 158, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 158, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 158, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Mary Ellen Veitch nee Payne of 238 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Donald and Mary were married in 1894c. Father of Arthur Wilson Veitch who was killed in action on 25 April 1915 while serving with the 7th Battalion and has no known grave. Donald and Arthur were last seen together firing from behind a tree; Clara Ellen Veitch, George Annas Veitch, James Veitch, Edward Veitch, Florence T. Veitch, Reginald Veitch, Albert Harold Veitch, Richard Veitch and Mary C. Veitch
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Dunedin Scotch Corps for about 2 years