Thomas Joseph QUILL

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Service Number:	2885
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1887
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wembley, Western Australia, 22 November 1943, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Section MC, Grave 0467
Memorials:

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, SA
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, Serious wound to the right forearm. Invalided to England on 9 April 1918 aboard HS Newhaven
27 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
3 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2885, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Henry Quill and Letitia Elizabeth Quill nee Buckmaster of Ipswich, QLD.

Next of kin given as his brother George Quill of Brighton Street, Leederville, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 24 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Thomas married Myrtle Pense in West Perth, WA