Ernest Joseph QUIDLEY

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QUIDLEY, Ernest Joseph

Service Number:	327
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Mobile Veterinary Section
Born:	Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, 11 June 1880
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Cardiac failure, Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1940, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 10, Row 75. Grave 23. Interred on 15 May 1940
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 327, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 327, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 327, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
8 Mar 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section
15 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Mobile Veterinary Section
5 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 327, 6th Mobile Veterinary Section, Discharged at the Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Also know as Ernest Joseph Quedley (his real name), Joseph Thomas Quidley and Thomas Joseph Quedley.

Son of James Quidley of Veteran Home, Onehunga, Auckland, NZ and Mary Quidley nee Viagas of Auckalnd, NZ. James was a Veteran of the Crimean War and the Maori War.

Ernest previously served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Boer War as a Private, service number 7219.

Husband of Ann Amelia Quidley nee Wilkins of Auckland, NZ.

Returned to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard HT Karoola

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

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