Gustav Adolf VIERITZ

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Service Number:	7816
Enlisted:	7 July 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1894
Home Town:	Caboolture, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1943, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland A.I.F. Memorial Wall 12, Section 7, Niche 166
Memorials:	Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour

7 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7816, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7816, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7816, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
4 May 1918:	Transferred Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
21 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7816, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Carl Frederick Vieritz and Carolina Wilhelmine Fredericka Vieritz nee Gorkow of Caboolture, QLD.

Brother of Emil Vieritz who returned to Australia on 4 March 1918 having served with the 9th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 20 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 3 March 1920 Gustav married Jessie Miller Coghill in QLD

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