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QUIST, Axel Rudolph
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 4298, 4298A |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Stockholm Sweden, February 1877 |
Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Bloomfield Hospital, Orange, New South Wales, 25 August 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England area, Old, Section X, Grave 422 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4298, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4298, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4298, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir. Letter A added to service number, now 4298A | |
23 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company, From 54th Battalion | |
27 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4298A, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised and to return to Sweden to get married. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Quist and Charlotte Quist of Stockholm, Sweden. Natuarlised on 7 September 1914
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal