Alfred Roy (Alf) VEAL

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VEAL, Alfred Roy

Service Number:	QX7384
Enlisted:	1 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1899
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Buranda, Queensland, Australia, 11 October 1966, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

1 May 1940:	Involvement QX7384
1 May 1940:	Enlisted
1 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX7384, 2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion
1 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7384
10 Jan 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7384, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Palestine
19 Mar 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7384, 2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion, embarked Middle East per USS Mt Vernon
1 Nov 1945:	Discharged
1 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7384

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Alfred was the youngest of six children of Thomas Frederick Veal (born in Whitechurch, Somerset) and Isabella Clark (born in Gladstone, QLD). Alfred's older brother Curtis Clark Veal had served in WWI with the 9th Battalion and had received shell wounds to both legs at Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

Alfred lived in Gympie and Brisbane and worked as a Labourer before Enlisting in WWII and serving with 2/1 Guard Battalion.

Alfred continued to live in Brisbane and work as a Labourer until 1960, when he moved to Buranda, QLD and was employed as an Iron Worker until his death in early 1970

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