Christopher QUONOEY

QUONOEY, Christopher

Service Number: 7068
Enlisted: 6 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gundowring, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town: Kiewa, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Engine Driver
Died: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Wodonga Cemetery, Victoria
Grave 1-71.
Memorials: Gundowring State School 1159 Roll of Honor, Yackandandah Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

6 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7068, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 7068, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 7068, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7068, 6th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left arm. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918
30 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7068, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Quonoey and Sophia Quonoey nee McLean of Gundowring, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Walter Quonoey of Kiewa, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard H T Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband if Emma Florence Quonoey nee Young. Christopher and Emma were married during 1926c in Victoria