Joseph Frederick QUINEY

QUINEY, Joseph Frederick

Service Number: 2150
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1885
Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1970, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2150, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2150, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''

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Son of John Thomas Quiney and Harriet J. Quiney of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Nellie Quiney nee Woodgate of Bingera Plantation via Bundaberg, QLD. Joseph and Nellie married in QLD on 18 December 1912.

23 May 1916 - enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD with the 42nd Battalion and rank of Private, Service Number 2150

20 November 1916 - transferred to the 3rd Pioneer Battalion  Letter A added to his service number when taken on strength now 2150A

1 April 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Shropshire as invalid disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne. On 17 May 1919 he re-embarked aboard HT Dongala for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

14 June 1919 - discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit.

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