William Horace QUELCH

William Horace QUELCH Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

QUELCH, William Horace

Service Number:	349
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Oxford, England, 1879
Home Town:	Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 349, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement 349, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked 349, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
17 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 349, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to emphysema

Help us honour William Horace Quelch's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 'Bargett Station' Walgett, NSW. Prior to coming to Australia he had served for twleve years with the Royal Field Artillery

Husband of A. Quelch of Weskon Road, Grandpoint, Oxford, England

On 19 January 1918 William was awarded the Croix de Guerre. London Gazette on 12 July 1918, page 8190, position 81. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 November 1918, page 2262, position 64

Returned to Australia on 23 January 1920 aboard Lucie Woerman

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia