Timothy James QUIRKE

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Service Number:	4617
Enlisted:	8 October 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 2 December 1888
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4617, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4617, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4617, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
16 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, At Serapeum
21 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
29 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
23 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 4617, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4617, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Edward Quirke and Mary Quirke nee Murphy of Tipperary Point, Mount Morgan, QLD.

On 6 June 1919 Timothy married Ethel Brown Stoddart in the Selkirk Parish Church, Scotland. T. Lawson Minis officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1919 aboard HT Katoomba disembarking on 25 September 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Brother of John Quirk who returned to Australia on 5 January 1919 having served with the 15th Battalion