QUINERT, William Norwood
| Service Number: | 723 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 13 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1968, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Lawn F, Row 13, Grave 08. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 723, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 723, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 723, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 723, 60th Infantry Battalion, Slight wound to the right leg. Embarked HS St. George for England on 23 July 1916 | |
| 8 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| 6 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 723, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Quinert and Alice Maud Quinert nee Manton of Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria.
Brother of Phillip Quinert who returned to Australia on 22 April 1916 having served with the 2nd Australian General Hospital and Gilbert Hope Quinert who returned to Australia on 18 August 1919 having served with the 2nd Australian General Hospital
Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HS Irishman as nursing staff disembarking on 7 July 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband on Elsie May Quinert nee Curnow of Ballarat, Victoria. William and Elsie married during 1927c in Victoria