QUICK, Alfred George
| Service Number: | 6606 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1916, Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Forest Lodge, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
| Died: | Forest Lodge, New South Wales, December 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-26. 52. |
| Memorials: | Glebe Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6606, 19th Infantry Battalion, Militia | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6606, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6606, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 3 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6606, 23rd Machine Gun Company, GSW/SW back, SW left knee | |
| 26 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6606, 23rd Machine Gun Company, 2nd MD due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
64 years ago today, on the 29th December 1958, Private Alfred George Quick, 23rd Australian Machine Gun Company (Reg No-6606), cabinetmaker's apprentice from 10 Westmoreland Street, Glebe, (Forest Lodge) New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age about 61. METHODIST 4-26. 52.
Born at Liverpool, England about 1897 to James Henry and Mary Quick; husband of Catherine Muriel Quick nee Arnold (married 1937, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1975, sleeping here), Alfred enlisted November 1916 with the 19th Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 3.12.1917 (GSW back, SW left knee).
Embarked for England 15.12.1917.
Admitted to hospital 16.12.1917.
Alfred returned home on the 5th July 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 26th November 1918.
Mr. Quick’s name has been inscribed on the Glebe Town Hall First World War Roll of Honor (photo).
Younger brother Sydney Herbert (19th Battalion & 23rd Australian Machine Gun Company, Reg No-6607, born Boston, United States Of America 1896?, died 30th April 1973, age-77) also resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 3-100. 194.
I have placed poppies at the gravesites of these 2 brothers who served during The Great War in remembrance of their sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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