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VEALE, Alfred George Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2948 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 23 March 1886 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 9 March 1971, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gawler Baptist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2948, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2948, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right hand. Embarked HS St. George from Rouen for England | |
| 16 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2948, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2948, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Congdon Fox Veale and Mary Ann Veale nee Woolcock of Union Street, Gawler, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarked at Fremantle but failed to re-embark. Embarked HT Ulysses on 12 April 1917 for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal