Albert Spencer QUELCH

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Service Number:	4754
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	All Saints Grammar School, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row B, Grave 18. Headstone inscription reads: He fought and died that we might live in peace
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4754, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4754, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 24th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shrapnel wounds to the right leg and face. Invalided to England on 12 October 1917

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Son of Albert Ernest Quelch and Emma Elizabeth Quelch of 'Hillcrest,' Thomas Street, Hampton, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal