Bertie James QUINTON

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Service Number:	1900
Enlisted:	24 June 1916, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born:	Flemington, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Brunswick West, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Safety Bay, Western Australia, 9 December 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes dispersed at the cemetery
Memorials:

24 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1900, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1900, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1900, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
25 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1900, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Frederick Alfred Quinton and Isabella J. Quinton nee Hickford of Barkly Street, West Brunswick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 19 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Bertie married Alice May Halkyard in Victoria