William Dempsey QUILTY MC

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QUILTY, William Dempsey

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	30 July 1916, Enlisted in NSW
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	12th Field Ambulance
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1892
Home Town:	Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Medical Practicioner
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 22 December 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales Burial site: S, L, GE, 41
Memorials:	Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Enlisted in NSW
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
7 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Field Ambulance, From Australian Army Medical Corps
18 Jan 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a bearer division. He remained at a cross road throughout the day attending to casualties and supervising their evacuation though the enemy was persistently shelling the area with gas and high explosive shells. London Gazette on 18 January 1918, page 959, position 27 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1918, page 1126, position 28
15 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Timothy Quilty and Margaret Anne Quilty of 'Riverview', Tumut, NSW.

Brother of Francis Bourke Quilty who died on 18 August 1918 after being accidentally wounded. Francis is buried in the Daours Communal Cemetery Extension. Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 5.

Coomenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 11 June 1919

Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c William married Catherine Carr in Woollahra, NSW.

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