David Thomas VEYSEY

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Service Number:	785
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia, 11 December 1890
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1946, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Compartment, Grave 188
Memorials:	Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 785, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 785, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 785, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 785, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of James Allan Veysey and Catherine Veysey nee Smith of Warragul, Gippsland, Victoria.

Brother of Ernest Harold Veysey who returned to Australia on 31 October 1917 having served with the 39th Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking 30 April 1919

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

During 1925c David married Ruth Wilson in Victoria