Bertie Claude VEECH MID

Bertie Claude VEECH MID Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 June 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1886
Home Town:	Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales
Schooling:	St. Ignatius College NSW; Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Veterinary Officer
Died:	Wellington, , New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1977, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wellington RC Holy Family Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Brisbane Department of Trade & Customs WWI Roll of Honour

1 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1915:	Embarked 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Bulla
4 Mar 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For consistent devotion to duty and skill in veterinarian work. London Gazette on 28 May 1918, page 6204, position 7. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 October 1918, page 2057, position 74
10 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Help us honour Bertie Claude Veech's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of Bernard Veech and Mary Ellen Veech of Mountainview Station, Wellington, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala

Medals: Mentioned in Despatches, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Bertie married Catherine May McMahon