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QUINLIVAN, John Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1039 |
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Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
Last Rank: | Regimental Sergeant Major |
Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1876 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stockman |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1039, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1039, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1039, Camel Corps, RMS Morea, Sydney | |
1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 14th Light Horse Regiment, At Surafend | |
15 Oct 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in fight near Damascus. London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 81. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 19 | |
23 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1039, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2 Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Quinlivan of Hopetoun Street, Paddington, NSW
Previously served in Bechuanaland (now Botswana) Rifles and a further six years in the Cape Mounted Police.
Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard Kildonian Castle disembarking on 9 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal