QUINEY, George Arthur
Service Number: | 28675 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
Born: | Birmingham, England, 1877 |
Home Town: | Pinjarra, Murray, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timber Worker |
Died: | Nedlands, Western Australia, 28 April 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden G, Position 0071 |
Memorials: | Wandering War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Driver, 28675, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Driver, 28675, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Quiney and Ellen Quiney nee Grainger of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England.
Husband of Hannah Quiney of 'Hollyoake', Pinjarrah, WA.
2 March 1916 - enlisted at Perth, WA with the 24th Howitzer Brigade with the rank of Private and service number 28675
8 June 1916 - Promoted to Driver
12 October 1916 - transferred to Artillery Details
9 December 1918 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 19 January 1919
Medal: British war Medal
3 March 1919 - discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to overage and rheumatism