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QUINNELL, Harry Wilfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 938 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Marrickville, NSW 2204, 3 December 1990, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Zone F, Methodist Lawn, Section A, Grave 4. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 938, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 938, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 938, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 938, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. | |
| 27 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 938, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Harry Wilfred Quinnell.
Son of Henry Joseph Quinnell and Cordelia Quinnell of Gestwyck Station, Uralla, NSW.
Brother of Harold William Quinnell who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 33rd Battalion
Commenced return to Australia 0n 25 January 1919 aboard HT Cermaic disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Harry married Ivy Myrtle Quinnell nee Quinnell in St. Peters, NSW