Harold John Edward VEAL

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VEAL, Harold John Edward

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1889
Home Town:	Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1931, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England area Compartment R, Section 19. Grave 10
Memorials:	Dandenong I.O.R. Hope of Dandenong Tent 165 Roll of Honor, Dandenong St James' Anglican Church Roll of Service, Dandenong State School 1403 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder
3 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6rd military District as medically unfit due to wounding
12 Sep 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, At Broadmeadows, for voyage only
16 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Embarked HT Malta at Sydney, NSW. Disembarking at Suez on 22 November 1918
29 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Duty completed

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Gritton Veal and Lucy Anne Veal nee Horsfall of Bairnsdale, Victoria.

Returned to Australia on 21 March 1918 aboard HS Euripides

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Commenced return to Australia on 26 December 1918 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 29 January 1919

During 1919c Harold married Dora Gertrude Brandon nee Linton in Victoria.

At the time of his death he was Headmaster of the Hamilton College, Hamilton, Victoria.

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