Edgar Thomas VEAL

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Service Number:	3916
Enlisted:	29 October 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Guernsey, Channel Islands, 12 April 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld Church of England Section 1, Row 6, Grave 2. Interred on 29 March 1963. Commemorated in the QLD Garden or Remembrance, Wall 5, Row P
Memorials:	Mildura Cenotaph

29 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3916, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3916, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3916, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, At Hogs Back
22 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3916, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Emma H. Veal of The Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands, England.

Previously served in the Voluntary Royal Guernsey Militia

Commenced return to Australia 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal