QUAILEY, Joseph
| Service Number: | 2623 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left leg. Embarked for England on 13 June 1917 aboard HS Warilda | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the Left knee. Embarked for England on 13 December 1917 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 10 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2623, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to injury of the left knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Keynel', Baltic Street, Newtown, NSW.
Son of Patrick Quailey and Bridget Quailey of Conway Street, Lismore, NSW.
Brother of Ernest Quailey who to Australia on 5 May 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion; Thomas Quailey who died of wounds on 11 August 1918 while serving with the 49th Battalion and was buried Fouilloy Communal Cemetery, Row C, Grave 8; George David Quailey who was killed in action on 7 June 1917 while serving with the 49th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Panel 29 of th eMenin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 6 January 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1943c Joseph married Alice Edith Findlay in Sydney, NSW
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