QUINE, George Thomas Langley
| Service Number: | 16072 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Signal Company Engineers |
| Born: | Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Macquarie General Cemetery Anglican area. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16072, 1st Signal Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Nov 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16072, 1st Signal Company Engineers, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Quine and Agnes Eleanor Quine nee Goodwin of Lewisham Street, Dulwich Hill, NSW.
16 June 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW with the 2nd Signal Squadron and with rank of Private and service number 16072.
1 September 1916 - promoted to Sapper
14 December 1916 - taken on strngth with the 1st Light Horse Regiemnt Training Regiement
9 July 1918 - taken on strength with the 2nd Signal Squadron
Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
9 October 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District
Husband of Ida Emily Quine nee Wilson. George and Ida married during 1937c in Hornsby, NSW