Edward James QUIRKE

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Service Numbers:	475, 475C
Enlisted:	25 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31.Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

25 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 6th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 475, 6th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 475, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
28 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company , From 6th Machine Gun Company. Letter C later added to his service number, now 475C
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 475C, 21st Machine Gun Company , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 475C awm_unit: 21st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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Son of Michael Quirke and Bridget Quirke nee Nugent of Windsor Street, Footscray, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal