Maurice QUIRK

QUIRK, Maurice

    Service Number: 961
    Enlisted: 8 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1891
    Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Woollahra Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Bootmaker
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 7 April 1918, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 961, Liverpool, New South Wales
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 961, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 961, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    16 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 961, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    7 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 961, 19th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux

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    Biography contributed by Jess Seel

    Son of James and Julia Quirk

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Quirk and Julia Quirk nee Stanley of Paddington, NSW

    Brother of Ernest James Quirk who returned to Australia on 14 March 1919 having served with the 19th Battlion;  William James Quirk(served as William James Corrigan) who returned to Australia on 23 April 1919.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his brother Ernest James Quirk.

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