QUINTAL, Fletcher Evelyn
| Service Numbers: | 175, 58 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Norfolk Island, 5 February 1868 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Norfolk Island |
| Occupation: | Superintendent Constabulary |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Norfolk Island, NSW, 31 December 1953, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norfolk Island Cemetery, Kingston, Norfolk Island |
| Memorials: | Norfolk Island 'Other Wars' Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 175, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 58, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 58, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Caleb QUINTAL and Anne Naomi nee NOBBS
When the present war broke out there hurried to Sydney to enlist a number of experienced soldiers from the Pacific Islands. Among them was Captain Fletcher Quintal, from Norfolk Island. Finding there was no chance of going as a commissioned officer, he enlisted as a trooper, is now a corporal, and will surely rise higher before the war is over. He was for three years fighting in South Africa with the New South Wales Bushmen, was in charge of Colonel Garrett's Scouts, and was mentioned in despatches.
A striking figure in the march was Captain Fletcher Evelyn Quintal, of Norfolk Island, a descendant of Quintal of the Bounty. Six feet three, and straight as a die, despite his 89 years. Captain Quintal served in the South African War with the Imperial Bushmen and later with the New Zealand forces. In the Great War he was wounded in an eye while fighting with the 8th Light Horse. He won his commission on the field.
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