David Kirgan QUINTON

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Service Number:	2647
Enlisted:	24 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1897
Home Town:	Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Church of England area, Row L6, Grave 0007
Memorials:

24 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2647, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2647, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2647, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2647, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Mild shell shock
19 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2647, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis

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Son of Michael J. Quinton and Rosila Christina Quinton nee Bullock of Kingsclear Road, Alexandria, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 18 November 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1938c David married Nancy Barbara McLean in NSW

David was the son of Michael Quinton and Rosina Christina Quinton nee Boorn, who had married on 10.8.1886 in Redfern, New South Wales.