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QUICK, William Edward
| Service Number: | 649 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 29 January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1959, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 10 September 1959 with the ashes being scattered at the cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 649, 6th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 649, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 649, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company, From 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 13 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 649, 12th Machine Gun Company, Severe wound to the right hand. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 649, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 649, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel William Quick and Elizabeth Sarah Quick nee Woolgar of Malvern, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his sister Edith Pegler of 'Langi', Paxton Street, East Malvern, Victoria
Brother of John Woolfar Quick MM who returned to Australia on 21 January 1919 having served with the 11th Field Artillery Brigade and Gordon Stephen Quick who returned to Australia on 2 September 1919 having served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Commenced return to Australia 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 10 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922c William married Florence Esther Alice May Payne in Victoria.