Martin Andrew Norbert QUIRK

QUIRK, Martin Andrew Norbert

    Service Number: 797
    Enlisted: 14 December 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
    Born: Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
    Home Town: Milsons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Estate Agent
    Died: Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia
    Section M2, Row 9, Grave 4064. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 797, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 797, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    18 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 797, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 797, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 797, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    2 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
    18 Feb 1921: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 797, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to myocarditis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Martin Quirk and Emily Quirk of Dubbo, NSW.

    Husband of Beatrice F. Quirk nee Newman of 'Illilgullin', Fitzroy Street, Milson's Point, NSW. Martin and Beatrice married during 1910c in St. Leonards, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 13 December 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 31 January 1919

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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