QUILL, James
| Service Numbers: | W84740, W84740, |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1901 |
| Home Town: | Duranillin, West Arthur, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Mandurah, Western Australia, 25 March 1968, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Mooroopna & Ardmona District Memorial Panels |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W84740, 12th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W84740,, 12th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W84740, 12th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Youngest of three brothers who served in the Army (Daniel in WWI and John in WWI and II), Private James Quill (Service No:W84740) served in the ACMF with 12th (WA) Battalion VDC from 15 July 1942 to 15 October 1945.
Jim was born in Mooroopna, Victoria in 1901, youngest of eight children of Michael Quill (b1848 in County Cork, Ireland) and Mary Mellon (b1862 in Woodstock, Victoria). Michael had arrived in Melbourne 1879 on board the Hankow, and he and Mary married in 1886 in Mooroopna, where they settled and raised their family. Michael worked as a Labourer, and was a Farmer, Dealer and Cattle Buyer when he died in 1902. Mary moved with her children to Western Australia, settling in the Arthur River region at Emu Swamp via Darkan.
Jim was a Farmer at Bokal, Darkan via Collie, and in 1936 in Guildford married Doris Ethel Jones (b1909 in Guildford, Western Australia) - Doris was a Bookbinder in Guildford. Jim and Doris settled at Bokal, where they raised their family and Jim was a Farmer. In the mid 1960s the couple retired to Mandurah, where Jim died in 1968. Doris died in 1994.