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Joseph Raymond VEITCH

Regimental number1258
Place of birthParramatta, New South Wales
SchoolCook's Hill Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressHamilton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Thomas Veitch, 91 Lindsay Street, Hamilton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date16 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name34th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 4), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Eliza VEITCH, Mogo Creek, St. Albans, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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