John James VEAL

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Service Number:	403
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kanyaka, South Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Glenelg, South Australia, 4 December 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 7, Site No: 51. Interred on 7 December 1953
Memorials:

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 403, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 403, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 403, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
26 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 403, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds. Transferred to England on 3 June 1917.
22 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 403, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Henry Veal and Agnes Veal nee Day of Kanyaki, SA

Next of kin given as his brother William Henry Veal of Solomontown, Port Pirie, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 11 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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