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VELPMAN, George Valentine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1734 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 6 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1734, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1734, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1734, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1734, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Valentine VELTMAN was born in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1898
His parents were Antonias Geerardus VELTMAN & Florence May Letitia BARKER who married in 1889 in Perth, Western Australia
His brother Thomas VELTMAN (SN 1882) also served in WW1 & died of wounds on 9th June, 1917 - he was awarded a Military Medal
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