James Leslie VEAL

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Service Number:	2199
Enlisted:	2 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1895
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman & Postal Assistant
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 12 May 1956, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 2, Grave 17.
Memorials:

2 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2199, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 2199, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 2199, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
16 Dec 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2199, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 2199

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Son of William Henry Veal and Ann Veal nee Mackay of Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 9 September 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 23 July 1921 James married Olive Myrtle Davies in the Elgin Methodist Church, SA.