John Watson QUAST

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Service Number:	95
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Millers Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Lilyfield, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Lumper
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , April 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot A5B, Anglican area FM 5B, Grave 924. Interred on the 27 April 1954
Memorials:

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 95, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 95, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 95, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
2 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 95, 9th Machine Gun Company, Severe wound to the face
5 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 95, 9th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Quast and Margaret Quast of Grove Street, Lilyfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard Friedrichsruh disembarking on 4 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1939c John married Doris Nora Troy in Sydney, NSW