John Arthur QUINLIVAN MM

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Service Number:	1039
Enlisted:	7 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	14th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1876
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Memorials:

7 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1039, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1039, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1039, Camel Corps, RMS Morea, Sydney
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 14th Light Horse Regiment, At Surafend
15 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in fight near Damascus. London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 81. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 19
23 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1039, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2 Military District

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Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Quinlivan of Hopetoun Street, Paddington, NSW

Previously served in Bechuanaland (now Botswana) Rifles and a further six years in the Cape Mounted Police.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard Kildonian Castle disembarking on 9 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal