Patrick Thomas (Paddy) QUIRK

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Service Number:	1895
Enlisted:	24 March 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wana, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1885
Home Town:	Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 4 April 1958, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Roman Catholic Section C, Row S, Grave 23.
Memorials:

24 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1895, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1895, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1895, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
10 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1895, 42nd Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1895, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of Thomas Quirk and Ellen Quirk nee Hegarty of Royal Hotel, Toowoomba, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 28 May 1928 Patrick married Rebecca George Shimmons in QLD