William Armstrong QUINCE

QUINCE, William Armstrong

    Service Number: 3437
    Enlisted: 8 February 1917
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 58th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1899
    Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
    Schooling: Essendon State School No 483, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Shearer
    Died: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1948, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
    Date of death may be interment date.
    Memorials: Essendon Baptist Church HR, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3437, 58th Infantry Battalion
    16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3437, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3437, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
    27 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3437, 58th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand and thigh.
    25 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 58th Infantry Battalion
    27 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3437, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Frederick Quince and Alice Martha Quince nee Griffiths of Raleigh Street, North Essendon, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 27 September 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c William married LIlian Lidstone in Victoria

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