CARDWELL, Quenton Charles
| Service Number: | 3062 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Vitoria, Australia, 29 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sheet metal worker |
| Died: | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1974, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3062, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3062, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3062, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Quenton Charles Cardwell, was the youngest son of Thomas Andrew (died 1906) and Elizabeth Cargill Cardwell of North Fitzroy, Victoria. Alaric and three brothers enlisted in the AIF and served overseas.
His older brother, 206 Pte. Rupert Edgar Cardwell, an original member of the 5th Battalion AIF, died of wounds on Gallipoli 8 August 1915.
Another older brother, 2792 Lce. Cpl. Percy Eric Cardwell 6th Battalion AIF was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917, aged 22.
Quenton Charles Cardwell enlisted two days before his 18th birthday in July 1915. He was wounded in the arm at Fromelles with the 60th Battalion, and lucky to have survived the battle. He was evacuated to England to recover. Although Quenton did return to duty in France during late 1916, he was sent home to Australia on the order of the Department of Defence, in April 1918, as at that stage he had lost two brothers in the war. He was discharged for ‘family reasons’.
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