Ernest Harold VEYSEY

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Service Number:	1006
Enlisted:	28 February 1916, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 23 October 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 26 October 1955. Originally interred in Tristania possibly now expired
Memorials:	Warragul Fire Brigade HR, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1006, 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, 1006, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
27 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to deafness

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

Brother of David Thomas Veysey who returned to Australia on 30 April 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 30 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Ernest married Doris Iola Grace Mathews in Victoria