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VEALE, Fred
Service Number: | 4621 |
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Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gunnislake, Cornwall England., 1884 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Gunnislake School, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 18 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. [Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.], Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4621, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4621, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4621, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
18 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4621, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of William and Minnie Ellen Matilda Veale; husband of Eliza Jane Veale, of 649, High St., Golden Square, Victoria.
Births Jun 1884 Veale Fred Tavistock 5b 371
Gunnislake (Cornish: Dowrgonna) is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Plymouth.
Gunnislake is in the civil parish of Calstock and is close to Cornwall's border with Devon which follows the course of the River Tamar.
The village has a history of mining although this industry is no longer active in the area. During the mining boom in Victorian times more than 7000 people were employed in the mines of the Tamar Valle. During this period Gunnislake was held in equal standing amongst the richest mining areas in Europe