BERNARD MCQUADE, Bernard
| Service Number: | 3606 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England, January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-40. 28. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3606, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 20 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3606, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , GSW chest and left arm, severe | |
| 24 Jan 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Gnr McQuade was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for his actions on 27 July 1917 going to the assistance of his sergeant to extinguish a fire in a ammunitions dump close to their position with 11th Howitzer Battery, 14th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB). “His initiative and coolness was a magnificent example to all ranks”. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 24 January 1918 on page 84 at position 43 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, 3606, 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served bravely during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
76 years ago today, on the 30th December 1946, Gunner Bernard McQuade (M.M.), 14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (114th Australian Howitzer Battery, Reg No-3606), labourer from 81 Hordern Street, Newtown, New South Wales and "Heather", 4 Harrison Street, Smedmore, N.S.W. and 127 Dawson Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 56. CATHOLIC 2-40. 28.
No funeral or death notice located.
Born at Lancashire, England about 1890 to Bernard and Mary McQuade of 4 Harrison Street, Smedmore, N.S.W.; husband of Eileen Daphne McQuade nee White (married 1930, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1982, 36 years a widow, sleeping here), Bernard enlisted on the 23rd August 1915 with the 4th Battalion at Warwick Farm Depot, N.S.W.
Failed to embark.
Reenlisted-18.10.1915, (4th Battalion) Troopship "Port Lincoln", Victoria.
Wounded in action - 20.8.1917 (GSW chest and left arm, severe).
Awarded Military Medal 28.9.1917.
Bernard returned home on the 12th February 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 20th May 1918.
Mr. McQuade’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
I have placed poppies at Bernard’s gravesite in remembrance of his brave service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
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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