Walter Henry QUAYLE MM

QUAYLE, Walter Henry

    Service Number: 367
    Enlisted: 18 January 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Company Sergeant Major
    Last Unit: 44th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
    Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Platelayer
    Died: East Fremantle, Western Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
    6 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    28 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 44th Infantry Battalion
    4 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
    26 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 44th Infantry Battalion
    26 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 44th Infantry Battalion
    4 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back
    20 Jun 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Citation: At St. Yves on the 4th June 1917, Sergeant Quayle was a member of a daylight raiding party, under Lieutenant Gaze, which met with great opposition by the enemy. By his brave and determined actions he encouraged his men who succeeded in killing and wounding a large number of the enemy. He returned with his party to our parapet, but when he found some of his party missing promptly returned to No Man's Land, and while searching for the missing men was himself wounded. Throughout the operation he displayed great bravery and set a splendid example to his men. London Gazette on 28 July 1917, page 7770, position 12 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1917, page 3372, position 13
    28 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 44th Infantry Battalion
    10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Bomb wound to the left leg
    6 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 367, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Quayle and Margaret Quayle nee Jeremy of Mandurah Road, South Fremantle, WA. 

    Commenced return to Australia on 13 December 1918 aboard HT Karoola

    Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Walter married Hilda Frances Pyke in Beaconsfield, WA

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