Leonard John (Jack) QUIRK

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Service Number:	7570
Enlisted:	7 June 1917, Enlisted at Yarram, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Perth, Western Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Yarram, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Employee
Died:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England A, Grave 302. Interred on 21 July 1961 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Yarram School Roll of Honor

7 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7570, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Yarram, Victoria
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 7570, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 7570, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7570, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918
17 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7570, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Patrick Joseph Quirk and Rachel Quirk nee Lee of Yarram, Victoria formerly of East Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Myrtle Florence Quirk nee Ray. Leonard and Myrtle married during 1921c in Victoria.