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QUARMBY, Holroyd
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 19917 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, 1986 |
| Home Town: | Merrylands, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Gardens of Remembrance 3 Wall Niches, Section 4, Side N, Row 3, Niche 9 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19917, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 19917, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 19917, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 10th Field Company Engineers | |
| 29 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 19917, 10th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Quarmby and Jane Quarmby nee Lindley od Huddersfield, England.
Husband of Mabel Quarmby nee Mellins of 'Victoria', Victoria Street, Burwood, NSW formerly of Merrylands, NSW. Holroyd and Mabel married on 16 August 1913 in QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 30 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In January 1947 Holroyd was living in Brunswick Road, East Brunswick, Victoria.