Gordon Henry VEIT

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VEIT, Gordon Henry

Service Number:	3988
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Field Ambulance
Born:	Malvern, South Australia, Australia , 24 September 1896
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Linotypist
Died:	Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Greece, 5 February 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Portianos Military Cemetery III C 345, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, District of Upper Sturt Methodist Church Honour Board, District of Upper Sturt Methodist Church Honour Roll, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Upper Sturt and District Roll of Honour WW1 WW2

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 3988, 7th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 3988, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

Obituary

The Advertiser Wednesday 16 February 1916 page 8

THE LATE PRIVATE H. G. VEIT.
Cerebo-spinal meningitis has taken yet another valuable life, that of Private Henry Gordon Veit, aged 19 years, the son of Mrs J. V. Larson, of Austral terrace, Malvern. He was a member of the 7th Field Ambulance, and was taken ill on January 5, after he had spent four months in the trenches. He died in hospital at Egypt on February 5. He was secretary of the Young Men's Bible, Class at the Manthorpe Memoral Church, and he also belonged to the Unley Boy's' Club. Private Veit, prior to enlisting, was employed at "The Advertiser' office as a compositor, having been with the firm for over six years. He was highly valued by his employer, and was loved and respected by his fellow-workers.

Biography

Son of Harry VEIT and Alice nee LAWDEY

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