QUINTON, Victor
| Service Number: | 4880 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gilgandra, NSW, 12 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Coonabarabran, NSW, 21 July 1973, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coonabarabran General Cemetery, New South Wales Anglican |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery, Gilgandra District Roll of Honor, Gilgandra NSW 100th Anniversary of The Cooee March |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4880, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4880, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4880, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of the late Francis Quinton and Mrs Elizabeth Lumley (fmly Quinton nee Looney) of Melrose Bidden Gilgandra, New South Wales
Born and bred in Gilgandra, Victor was 19 when he enlisted with the Coo-ees in his home town on October 9, 1915. He trained at Liverpool and embarked for Egypt on the Star of Victoria on March 8, arriving in Alexandria in April 1916. By the end of May he was attached to the 4th Pioneer Training Battalion. On June 6, he left Alexandria and was taken on strength with the 4th Pioneer Battalion on July 22, 1916 at the Western Front. On August 5, 1916 Victor was reported as Missing in Action, but had been buried by a shell exploding in the communication trench he was building near Pozieres. He was evacuated with “shell shock” but was back with his unit in France by August 11. In early December he was admitted to hospital with two other soldiers suffering with gastric influenza. He was sent to England for treatment and convalescence and never returned to France, spending the rest of the war in England with the Australian Army Ordnance Corps which was concerned with supply and administration.
The transport ship Nevasa brought Victor home to Sydney on the April 23, 1919 and he was discharged on June 12, 1919. He received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
After the war, fellow Coo-ee William Alston married Victor’s sister, Ivy, and Victor married May Lumley in 1930. May died on July 1, 1973 aged 70 years and Victor died 20 days later, aged 77 years. They are buried in Coonabarabran Cemetery.
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