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QUIRK, James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 446, 855, 446, 855 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Enlisted in Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Youanmi, Sandstone, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 446, 855, Mining Corps, Enlisted in Western Australia | |
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| 6 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 446, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 446, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 855, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis and senility |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his nephew James O'Connell of Sale, Gippsland, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1917 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 29 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In late 1917 he was residing in Kalgoorlie, WA.