QUARMBY, Oliver Wesley
| Service Number: | 3687 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Batlow, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Batlow, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1 September 1985, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3687, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 12 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3687, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3687, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3687, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Joseph Quarmby and Jane Quarmby nee Lindbeck of 'Sunnyside', Batlow, NSW.
Brother of Norman Lesllie Quarmby (Quamby) who returned to Australia on 11 February 1919 having served with the 1st Light Horse Regiment; Arthur Richard Quarmby who was killed in action on 1 May 1918 while serving with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and has no known grave. His name appears on the Jerusalem Memorial, Panel 58
Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 13 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Oliver married Beatrice M. Guille in Sydney, NSW