QUAILEY, Thomas Francis
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1914, Guildford, WA |
| Last Rank: | Battery Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 5th Division Artillery |
| Born: | Shepparton,Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Port Hedland, Port Hedland, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner / Stockman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Guildford, WA | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 7 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the right knee. | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 329, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Division Artillery , From 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Division Artillery , From 10th Light Horse Regiment. Promoted to Sergeant when taken on strength | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 5th Division Artillery | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13565, position 34 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 842, position 146 | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 329, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Commendation
26.3.14: Co. 4th Australian Battalion. During operations in Bullecourt, Messines and Ypres 26.2.14-29 This LCO has carried many responsible convoys of ammunition to battery positions under heavy enemy shellfire. His devotion to duty and resourcefulness under most trying difficulties have come unde3r notice on many occasions. He has proved himself a very valuable and reliable soldier.
Signed EG Sinclair-Maclagan (Ewan)
Brigadier General Com 4th Division.
Submitted 31 October 2019 by Rowena Newton
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Quailey and Margaret Quailey of Shepparton, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his sister Maggie Richardson o Donnybrook Police Station, WA
Commenced return to Australia, first time, on 29 July 1915 aboard HS Hororata as wounded disembarking on 18 August 1915. Returned to duty at Blackboy Hill on 5 December 1915 before embarking overseas in February 1916.
Commenced return to Australia, second time, on 2nd January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 16 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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