QUICK, Gordon Stephen
| Service Number: | 33196 |
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| 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: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33196, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 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 |
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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