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- Brigadier William Charles Douglas Veale, CBE, MC, DCM, ED (16 May 1895 – 17 August 1971), generally known as W. C. D. Veale, was an Australian engineer, surveyor and soldier. He is best known as the longtime (1947–1965) town clerk of the Adelaide City Council, and had significant influence in the development and change of character of the City of Adelaide during that period. For example, in conjunction with four-time Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Arthur Campbell Rymill, Veale was responsible for significant improvements to the Adelaide Park Lands. He was also a senior soldier and military engineer who served in both the First and Second World Wars, and is notable for his involvement in the Battle of Timor and during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. Veale Gardens in Adelaide's South Parklands is named in his honour. (en)
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- 10th Battalion(1936–40)
- 10th/50th Battalion(1936)
- 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion(1940–41)
- Engineer Training Centre (1942–44)
- Moresby Base Sub-Area (1944)
- Royal Engineers,7th Military District(1941)
- Sparrow Force(1942)
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- Brigadier Veale in Lae, New Guinea, 1945 (en)
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- North Adelaide, South Australia (en)
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- Engineer and surveyor, City of Adelaide (en)
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- Brigadier William Charles Douglas Veale, CBE, MC, DCM, ED (16 May 1895 – 17 August 1971), generally known as W. C. D. Veale, was an Australian engineer, surveyor and soldier. He is best known as the longtime (1947–1965) town clerk of the Adelaide City Council, and had significant influence in the development and change of character of the City of Adelaide during that period. For example, in conjunction with four-time Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Arthur Campbell Rymill, Veale was responsible for significant improvements to the Adelaide Park Lands. He was also a senior soldier and military engineer who served in both the First and Second World Wars, and is notable for his involvement in the Battle of Timor and during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. (en)
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