Gordon Stephen QUICK

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QUICK, Gordon Stephen

Service Number:	33196
Enlisted:	19 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, February 1938, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria Wesleyan area, Compartment D, Grave 85B. Interred on 15 February 1938 and held in perpetuity
Memorials:

19 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33196, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Division Artillery , Prior to embarkation
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33196, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 33196, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
19 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
11 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
6 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
5 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33196, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Second occasion. Gassed. Embarked HS Essequibo for England on 13 November 1917
22 Dec 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
11 Mar 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Detached from the 1st Field Artillery Brigade
19 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 33196, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel William Quick and Elizabeth Sarah Quick nee Woolgar of Malvern, Victoria.

Brother of John Woolgar Quick MM who returned to Australia on 21 January 1919 having served with the 11th Field Artillery Brigade and William Edward Quick who returned to Australia on 10 September 1919 having served with the 4th Machine Gun Company

Husband of Bertha Merina Quick nee Ratallack of 'Trenouth', Osborne Avenue, East Malvern, Victoria. Gordon and Bertha married during 1912c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembbarking on 2 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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