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Walter VEITCH

Regimental number2218
Place of birthFifeshire, Scotland
SchoolHalbeath Public School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressBlair Athol, Clermont, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Reid, Buckhaven, Fifeshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceHe was a Volunteer when he was 17 years of age.
Enlistment date10 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 April 1917
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Agnes REID, 42 Forth View, Innerleven, Methil, Scotland

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