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QUIRKE, Edward James
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 475, 475C |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 6th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael Quirke and Bridget Quirke nee Nugent of Windsor Street, Footscray, Victoria.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal