John Sydney QUILL

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Service Number:	31088
Enlisted:	8 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer & Driver
Died:	Intestinal obstruction & peritonitis, 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1920
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Presbyterian Section 5D, Zone A, Graves 928-932. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Glebe Roll of Honor

8 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 31088, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Dec 1916:	Involvement Driver, 31088, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Dec 1916:	Embarked Driver, 31088, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Orontes, Sydney
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
6 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 31088, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Sidney Quill and Alice Jane Quill of William Henry Street, Ultimo, NSW.

Half brother of Arthur George Quill who returned to Australia on 24 December 1918 having served with the 56th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal