Sydney John QUINTON

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Service Number:	1636
Enlisted:	2 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	London, England, 10 May 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 January 1962, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Niche Wall T, Row C, Niche 1. Interred on 4 January 1962
Memorials:	Hillston Memorial Park Gates

2 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1636, 12th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Moldavia, Sydney
2 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1636, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1636, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
12 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
21 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1636, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was Currah Farm, Hillston, NSW.

Son of Arthur Charles Quinton, of Sydney Road, Enfield, Middlesex, England.

Returned to Australia aboard HT Port Sydney on disembarking on 12 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In May 1923 he was working with the Australian Taxation Office, Hobart, Tasmania.

On 7 May 1927 Sydney married Sybil Florence Pice Swan in the Holy Trinity Church, Hobart, Tasmania