Edmund Henry VEITCH

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Service Number:	2003
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Peak Hill Rifle Club Honor Roll, Peak Hill and District Great War Roll of Honor

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
23 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 2003, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 2003, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
14 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 34th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the upper arm. Embarked for England on 25 July 1918
23 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2003, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Farrand Street, Forbes, NSW

Son of George E. Veitch and Martha Veitch of Peak Hill, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 December 1918 aboard HT Karoola as wounded disembarking on 31 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Edmund married Eileen B. Stafford