Leslie Matthew VEAL

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Service Number:	618
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Smythesdale, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coach Painter
Died:	Neerim South, , Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1988, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Neerim Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Smythesdale Methodist Church and Sunday School Honor Roll, Smythesdale War Memorial

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 618, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 618, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 618, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 618, 39th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Transferred to England on 15 August 1917
1 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 618, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of Matthew John Veal and Lydia Veal nee Phillips of Brooke Street, Smythesdale, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 18 November 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Leslie married Margaret Agnes Dickman in Victoria