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QUILL, Sydney John
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2178, 4282 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Heywood, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Glenthompson, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Civil Cemetery Lawn 3A, Grave 44424. Interred on 2 January 1975 Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Glenthompson War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2178, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2178, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4282, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4282, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Thomas Quill and Teresa Von Levin formerly Quill nee Fahey of Glenthompson, Victoria.
Brother of William Edward Quill MM who was killed in action on 1 September 1918 and was buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension. Plot V, Row A, Grave 1
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919
During 1920c Sydney married Ellen Mary Hellyar in Victoria