Edwin Ernest QUINTON

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Service Number:	3607
Enlisted:	8 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Memorials:

8 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3607, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3607, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 20th Infantry Battalion
10 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 20th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. wounds to the face. Embarked HS Patrick for England on 17 January 1917 from Rouen
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Division Traffic Control Detachment, From 20th Battalion
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Husband of Mabel Quinton nee Kilby of Junction Street, Woollahra, NSW. Edward and Mabel married during 1915c in NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos Montes disembarking on 25 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal