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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Second Lieutenant Allan Adolphus Veale |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Forename(s): |
Allan Adolphus |
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| Surname: |
Veale |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Australia |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
William Veale (father), Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Y.M.C.A., Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Advance Party
- 5th Reinforcements
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 15 August 1914
- 13 June 1915
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| Place of Embarkation: |
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
- Moeraki or Monowai
- Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
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| Destination: |
- Apia, Samoa (29 August 1914)
- Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
744 |
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| Other Units: |
- Canterbury Infantry Battalion
- Wellington Infantry Regiment (Martyn 1998)
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| Last Unit Served: |
Royal Flying Corps, 19 Squadron |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
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| Date of Death: |
22 January 1918 |
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| Age at Death: |
24 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action. |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
III. F. 48. |
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| Obituary: |
"VEALE. On January 22, killed in action. Lieutenant Allan A. Veale, of R.F.C., Imperial Forces, only son of William and M. Veale, Hamilton Road, Cambridge; aged 24 years and 6 months." (New Zealand Herald, 2 February 1918, p. 1) |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Served with the Samoan Expeditionary Force in 1914, and then left for Suez, Egypt with the 5th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, on 13 June 1915. |
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| Further References: |
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008)., Vol 1, p. 47
- Smith, S.J., 1924, The Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force, 1914-1915: An account based on official records of the Seizure and Occupation by New Zealand of the German Islands of Western Samoa, Ferguson & Osborn, Wellington, p. 160.
- Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch: Volplane Press.
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