Gordon QUINNELL

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Service Number:	1758
Enlisted:	6 March 1916, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Winchester, Surrey, England, 2 April 1898
Home Town:	Willaura, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Bradvale, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1963, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lismore Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1758, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1758, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
1 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 58th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1758, 58th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe shell wound to the leg. Invalided to England on
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Henry (Harry) Quinnell and Sarah Anne Quinnell nee Savage of Winchester, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he became a Solider Settler in the Mount Bute Estate, Victoria

During 1933c Gordon married Esther Mary Woodman in Victoria