George Arthur QUINEY

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Service Number:	28675
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1877
Home Town:	Pinjarra, Murray, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Worker
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 28 April 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden G, Position 0071
Memorials:	Wandering War Memorial Gates

25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Driver, 28675, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Driver, 28675, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of George Quiney and Ellen Quiney nee Grainger of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England.

Husband of Hannah Quiney of 'Hollyoake', Pinjarrah, WA.

2 March 1916 - enlisted at Perth, WA with the 24th Howitzer Brigade with the rank of Private and service number 28675

8 June 1916 - Promoted to Driver

12 October 1916 - transferred to Artillery Details

9 December 1918 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 19 January 1919

Medal: British war Medal

3 March 1919 - discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to overage and rheumatism