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QUINTON, Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2711 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 1992, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2711, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2711, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Quinton and Sarah Morris Quinton nee Watkins of Athol Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
Brother of Charles Edward Quinton who died of wounds on 6 May 1917 while serving with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. Charles is buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery. Plot III, Row D, Grave 19.
Commenced return to Australia 12 May 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 5 July 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Clarence married Elizabeth McDonald Mathers in Victoria.