Eric John QUIRK

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	28 April 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 24 October 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Law Student
Died:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 6 September 1967, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia.
Memorials:	Black Rock Royal Melbourne Golf Club WW1 Honour Roll

28 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
13 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, In France
23 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Son of Thomas A. Quirk and Ethel Florence Quirk nee Petty of Melbourne Club, Collins Street, Melbourne formerly of London, England.

Address at the time of enlistment was C/- W M Tuckett & Sons, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 8 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1937c Eric married Roslind Powers in Victoria