Martin Andrew Norbert QUIRK

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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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales 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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