Thomas William QUIRK

QUIRK, Thomas William

    Service Number: 2317
    Enlisted: 14 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Upper Indigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Indigo Upper, Indigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Yarck, Vic., 7 December 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Barnawartha General Cemetery
    Memorials: Shire of Chiltern Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2317, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 2317, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 2317, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne
    20 Mar 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2317, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gastric ulcer

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Quirk and Easter Bridget Quirk nee Tasker of Upper Indigo, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1916 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 30 December 1916

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    QUIRK.-On December 7, at Yarck, Tom, loved husband of Freda, loved son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Hunichen, Kensington, loved brother-in-law of Carl and Edna (Caulfield), Evelyn and Geoff (Frankston), and George (Kensington). -At rest.

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