William Samuel QUELCH

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Service Number:	2425
Enlisted:	21 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Plympton, England, 1883
Home Town:	Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Signaller
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 18 June 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia area. Cremation service held on 19 June 1969
Memorials:

21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2425, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2425, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2425, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
28 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
26 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2425, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Edward Quelch of Plymouth, England.

Husband of Florence Quelch of Heidelberg Road, Clifton Hill, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ypringa disembarking on 4 January 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal