Samuel VEAL

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Service Number:	4553
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Just, Cornwall, England, 1886
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, October 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria Interred on 12 October 1943
Memorials:

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4553, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4553, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4553, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4553, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 15 October 1917
25 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4553, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis

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Son of Samuel Veal and Mary Jane Veal nee Richards of St Just, Cornwall, England

Husband of Esther Veal nee Coad C/- Mrs R Brown of Bellerine Street, Geelong, Victoria. Samuel and Esther married in Victoria during 1911c.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 aboard HT Field Marshall disembarking on 22 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal