Albert (Bertie) QUINTON

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Service Number:	180
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Moonta, South Australia, 21 June 1887
Home Town:	Farrell Flat, South Australia
Schooling:	Moonta Boys Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Beverley, South Australia, 1 October 1968, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derek Gardens, Path 10, Grave 681A. Interred on 3 October 1968
Memorials:

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 180, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 180, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 180, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 180, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
23 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 180, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of William Ishmael Quinton and Annie Amelia Quinton nee Blake of Moonta, SA

Next of kin given as his brother William Charles Quinton of Prospect, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 January 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 24 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide

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

On 24 June 1919 Albert married Nora Margaret Griffiths in the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Goodwood, SA

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