John Reginald VEIVERS

VEIVERS, John Reginald

    Service Number: 3955
    Enlisted: 13 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Nerang, Queensland, Australia, 24 November 1892
    Home Town: Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Nambour General Hospital, Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1954, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Buderim Lawn Cemetery - Crematorium & Memorial Gardens
    Section BA1, Row 3, Grave 9
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    30 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    30 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
    2 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion
    7 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
    30 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert Thomas Veivers and Florence Elizabeth Veivers nee Spencer of Nerang, QLD. Brother of Robert Ekins Veivers who returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 having served with the 31st  and 9th Battalions

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on 5 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 2 October 1926 John married Mandah Elsie Nitz in QLD

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