Sydney John Hammond QUICK

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QUICK, Sydney John Hammond

Service Number:	648
Enlisted:	12 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith Striker
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

12 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 648, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 648, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 648, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
25 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 648, 20th Infantry Battalion
8 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
30 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
8 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 20th Battalion.
16 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 648, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Samuel Quick and Emily Jemina Quick nee Waring of Burton Street, North Sydney, NSW. Brother of Stanley Harold Quick who returned to Australi on 12 March 1919 having served with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 22 February 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Lucy Roucha Quick nee Jeanes. Sydney and Lucy married during 1920c in NSW

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