William Ernest QUIRK

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Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Woomelang, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade HQ
Born:	Goroke, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Woomelang, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Woomelang, Victoria
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 473, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 473, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 473, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Shock
9 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 473, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the thigh
9 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade HQ
10 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 473, 4th Light Horse Brigade HQ, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Quirk and Honora Elizabeth Quirk nee Rochefort of Goroke, Victoria.

Next of kin given as W.E. Quirk of Woomelang, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia 19 August 1919 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on the 10 November 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal