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Veitch DARGAVILLE

Regimental number1733
Place of birthNabiac New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNabiac, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Dargaville, Nabiac PO, Wallamba, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Veterinary Corps
FateReturned to Australia 18 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date9 September 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1012 Pte Allen DARGAVILLE, 7th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919; 3786 Corporal John DARGAVILLE, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, Mudros, 28 October 1915 (diarrhoea); date of discharge not recorded.

Admitted to HS 'Gloucester Castle', 3 December 1915 (juandice); disembarked Alexandria, 8 December 1915, and admitted to Bombay Presidency General Hospital; discharged to duty, 28 December 1915; rejoined Bn, Moascar, 4 February 1916.

Transferred to 45th Bn, and taken on strength, 3 March 1916.

Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Tel el Kebir, 17 March 1916, and posted to 38th Battery.

Found guilty, 18 March 1916, of being absent without leave, 2200, 5 March, to 2200, 6 March 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 2 days' pay.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 13 June 1916.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, 14 January 1917 (inguinal hernia); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 16 January 1917; to England, 17 January 1917, and admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Brighton (laryngitis: slight); discharged on furlough, 28 February 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 15 March 1917.

Marched in to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Larkhill, 31 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 11 April 1917; taken on strength, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 4 May 1917.

Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 4 May 1917, and rejoined 38th Battery.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, 8 July 1917 (hernia); transferred to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 11 July 1917; discharged to Base Depot, Rouelles, 14 July 1917.

Taken on strength, Australian Veterinary Hospital, Calais, 31 July 1917.

Classified PB [Permanent Base Duties] by Medical Board, 31 October 1917.

On leave to England, 22 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 9 March 1918.

Found guilty, 9 June 1918, of being absent from tatto roll call, 9.15 pm, 2 June 1918: awarded 7 days' confined to camp.

Classified B1, 25 August 1918.

Marched in to Base Dept, Havre, 1 December 1918

Proceeded to England, and marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 December 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 18 January 1919 (hernia); admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 18 February 1919 (influenza); disembarked Fremantle, 24 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 9 September 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death15 August 1970

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