David QUIRKE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	8 September 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Tipperary, Ireland, 28 July 1878
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 January 1963, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Row 6, Grave 461. Interred on 23 January 1963.
Memorials:

8 Sep 1917:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Lieutenant, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
16 Sep 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: SS Makambo embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Sep 1917:	Embarked Lieutenant, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Makambo, Brisbane
11 Jul 1919:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Lieutenant, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at the first Military District

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Son of David Quirke and Margaret Quirke nee Meehan of Tipperary, Ireland

Husband of Annie Amelia Elizabeth Quirke nee Gerlee of Wilkin Street, Fairfield, QLD. David and Annie married on 4 October 1905 in QLD

Previously served with the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery for sixteen years.

Medals: British War Medal