Richard QUANTRILL MM

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Service Number:	2474
Enlisted:	11 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Memorials:

11 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2474, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
14 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2474, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2474, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
16 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 53rd Infantry Battalion
14 May 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 14 May 1919, page 6060. position 71 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1366, position 33
5 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2474, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Harrington Street, Newtown, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Edith Quantrill, 40 South Borough Road, South Hackney, London, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Friedrichsuhr disembarking on 4 September 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In October 1920 Richard was working with the Civil Transport Office, Dar-as-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory, German East Africa.