QUIST, John Noel
| Service Number: | NX13177 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1912 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 1998, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX13177, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX13177, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
John Noel Quist, known as Jim, was born in 1912 in Kempsey. He served in World War II with the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. Enlisting in 1940, he fought in Libya, Greece, and Crete. In May 1941, he was captured during the Battle of Crete and spent four years as a prisoner of war in Germany, held in camps including Stalag VII-A, VIII-B, and 357. In a letter home he wrote:
“He with others was captured at Crete on 20th of May. Their camp, he says, is very modern. The food is good and they are as happy as prisoners can expect to be. Jim speaks in high praise of the help they receive from the Red Cross.”
[[Source: Private Jim Quist. (1941, November 28). South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, p. 4. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142200983]]
After the war, John Noel married (recorded spouse: Joyce) and had four children – Jennifer, Ross, Nerida, and Stephen. He passed away on 10 April 1998 and is commemorated at the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood.
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