QUIRK, Ernest James
| Service Number: | 5389 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , December 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW General area FM BD, Grave 71. Interred on the 17 December 1945 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5389, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5389, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5389, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5389, 19th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 2 May 1918 | |
| 12 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion | |
| 4 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5389, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Quirk and Julia Quirk nee Stanley of Paddington, NSW.
Residential address at the time of enlistment was given as James Street, Woollahra, NSW.
Next of kin given as his sister Mable Quirk of Bayswater Road, Darlinghurst, NSW
Brother of Maurice Quirk who was killed in action on 7 April 1918 while serving with the 19th Battlion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial; William James Quirk(served as William James Corrigan) who returned to Australia on 23 April 1919.
Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal