Hugh Cornelius QUILKEY

QUILKEY, Hugh Cornelius

Service Number: 25616
Enlisted: 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
Born: Smithtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Smithtown, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse Driver
Died: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW
Roman Catholic area, Row 16, Grave 626.
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World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 25616, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
29 Jul 1916: Involvement Driver, 25616, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
29 Jul 1916: Embarked Driver, 25616, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
24 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column.
27 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From hospital
8 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
25 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 25616, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to premature senility

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Patrick Quilkey and Maria Quilkey of Smithtown, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Annie Donohoe of Smithtown, Macleay River, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal