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Australians
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Full Record
Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | VE'ALL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | George Fairfax |
| Regimental Number | | 58 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 1Vic. Mounted Infantry Coy., invalided to Australia arrived 2.8.1900.
Wallace1: Trooper VEALL GF Hobkirk's Farm.
Reay: invalided to Vic. per 'Aberdeen'.
B5207: 2ACH(Vic).
B5177: 58 a labourer aged 31.
B5179: labourer from Caniambo via Violet Town Vic.
URL1: VEALL, Violet Town Vic.
Source:# 800 Fairfax George, 'George' on the Boer War Honour Roll in Violet Town Vic., presented by the local community with a watch when he went away to fight in the Boer War, born 1868 in Sth. Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and died in 1946.
Source:# 958 Pte. 58 1st Vic. Contingent, BDM registers show VEALL died 1949 but he signed as VE'ALL.
Vic.BDMs: Fairfax George VEALL born 1871 at Emerald Hill Vic. died 1949.
URL2: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL3: Pte. George VEALL of Violet Town, brought in a wounded Wiltshire man under heavy fire.
URL4: On Friday evening last [17.4.1900] Private Geo. VE'ALL was entertained by his Violet Town friends at a social held in the Mechanics' Institute.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 224
Wallace1: The Australians at the Boer War page(s) 112
Reay: Australians at War - with the Australian Regiment page(s) 379
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 800
Vic.BDMs: Victoria Births Deaths & Marriages Index number 1949/11192
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 958
NE Ensign: North Eastern Ensign (Benalla) newspaper date(s) 30.3.1900
Euroa Adv.: Euroa Advertiser newspaper date(s) 24.8.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/retmcp/web/soldiers.html | | External Link URL2 | | bwm.org.au/site/George_Veall.php | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70803744 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70079403 |
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