QUICK, Roland Robert
| Service Number: | 4358 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Stanmore Public School, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4358, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 30 Mar 1916: | Involvement 4358, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4358, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4358, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4358 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roland Robert QUICK was born at Sunny Corner, New South Wales in 1890
His parents were Robert Henry QUICK and Mary Ann JONES who married in Sydney in 1889
He enlisted at Enoggera in Queensland on 5th January, 1916 and embarked with the 26th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements on the HMAT Star of Victoria from Brisbane on 30th March, 1916 - promoted to Corporal from 16th January, 1916 to 1st February, 1916
Roland was listed as Missing & then found to have been Killed in Action at Flers, France on 14th November, 1916 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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Warwick Examiner & Times Queensland 12th November 1917 page 5
ROLL OF HONOUR
A tribute of love to the memory of Roland Robert Quick, 26th Battalion, A.I.F. France, supposed killed in action, November, 14, 1916
"A HERO, AN AUSTRALIAN , AND A MAN"
Inserted by his loving parents, RH & M Quick and brothers and sister
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