Robert Vernon QUICK

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Service Number:	1861
Enlisted:	6 January 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nhill Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1861, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1861, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1861, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1861, 58th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Embarked for England on 1 August 1916 aboard HS Cambria
14 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1861, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District due to collapsed lung

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Son of Robert James Quick and Edith Letitia Quick nee Avery of Talbot Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Apprenticed to Heinz Bros Pty. Ltd. for three years

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 2 July 1917

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

Post war he enter the Presbyterian religious order and for a while he was based in The Manse, Jervois Street, Port Augusta, SA.

During 1918c Robert married Matilda Sarah Laverick in Victoria, During 1940c he re-married to Louisa Sarah Smith in Victoria.