QUEALY, John
| Service Number: | 4276 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Letterpress Printer |
| Died: | Overdose of medicine, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 5 February 1936, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-34. 124. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4276, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4276, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4276, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 11 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4276, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
87 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 7th February 1936, Private John Joseph Quealey, referred to as Jack and Nugget, 13th Battalion (Reg No-4276), letterpress printer from 242 Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst, New South Wales and Daceyville, N.S.W. and King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. CATHOLIC 2-34. 124.
Born at Woollahra, New South Wales on the 15th November 1887 as John QUAILEY to Edward - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15816171 and Margaret Quealey; husband of Margaret (Maggie) Quealey nee Kilpatrick (married 1912, Woollahra, N.S.W., died?), Jack enlisted August 1915 at Holsworthy, N.S.W. as John Quealy.
Wounded in action - 28.8.1916 (stated but unreadable).
Admitted to hospital 19.4.1917 (gastro enteritis), 3.5.1917 (trench fever and bronchitis, slight).
Jack returned home on the 30th April 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 11th August 1919.
Mr. Quealey’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not located inscribed on any other known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies on Jack’s brown granite Commonwealth War Graves’s headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service Record states Died after Discharge, 5/2/1936.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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