David Allan QUINTON

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Service Number:	5725
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Echuca, Victoria, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echuca War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5725, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5725, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5725, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne

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Son of Henry Quinton and Agnes Quinton nee Spiers of High Street, Echuca, Victoria.

Brother of Henry Duncan Quinton who returned to Australia on 22 May 1919 having served with the 38th Battalion.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal