Thomas Lionel QUIRK

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Service Number:	18919
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Conveyancer
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Catholic area, Y2, Grave 0008
Memorials:	Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 18919, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement Bombardier, 18919, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Bombardier, 18919, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
9 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 18919, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Severe shell wound to the left hand. Invalided to England on 4 October 1918
14 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 18919, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Quirk and Anastasia Quirk of 'Messina', Leichhardt Street, Waverley, NSW.

At the time of enlistment he was employed by the Government Savings Bank of NSW as a Conveyancer.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 24 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

During 1920c Thomas married Eileen G. Ferris in Waverley, NSW