Vosper VEALE

VEALE, Vosper

    Service Number: 1461
    Enlisted: 31 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 1891
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Wiltshire, England, 24 December 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: St Peter's Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1461, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1461, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1461, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
    29 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 55th Battalion
    19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    11 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1461, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England, unit demobilised

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard D. Veale of Chapple Lane, Headingley, Leeds, England.

    Husband of Lina Leonora Veale nee Dyer of Chapple Lane, Headingley, Leeds, England. Vosper and Lina married on 21 December 1918 in the Compton Parish Church, Chamberlyne, England. Vicar Charles Fookes officiated.

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

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