William James VEITCH

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VEITCH, William James

Service Number:	934
Enlisted:	12 December 1914
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stonemason
Died:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, October 1924, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Row ZF, Grave 62
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

12 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 934, 2nd Field Company Engineers
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 934, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 934, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Veitch and Maria Jane Veitch nee Martin of Cecil Street, South Melbourne, Victoria. William also served. Returning to Australia on 12 May 1917 having served with the 16th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 22 January 1917 aboard HT Euripides on escort duty disembarking on 21 February 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Melbourne.

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

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