Regimental number | 277 |
Place of birth | Batlow, New South Wales |
School | Batlow Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Sunnyside, Batlow, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 6' 0" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Edwin J Quarmby, Sunnyside, Batlow, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 2 weeks in the 11th Light Horse Regiment; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Rosebery Park, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Jerusalem War Memorial Cemetery, Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edwin Joseph and Jane Quarmby, Sunnyside, Batlow, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 278 Corporal Norman Leslie QUARMBY, 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia; Cousins: 3815 Pte Claude Richard QUARMBY, 1st Bn, died of wounds, 23 July 1916; |
Other details |
War service: embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, and posted to Headquarters, 9 September 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Posted to Western Frontier Force, 14 January 1916. Appointed Temporary Corporal, Romani, 10 August 1916; reverted to Lance Corporal, 9 September 1916. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 8 November 1916; Corporal, 3 December 1916. Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 23 February 1917. Detached to School of Instruction, Moascar, 13 May 1917; rejoined unit from School, 16 June 1917. Transferred to 1st Light Horse Regiment, 20 June 1917. Wounded in action, Ludd, 15 November 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh); admitted to 1st Light Horse Regiment Field Ambulance,16 November 1917; transferred to Australian Division Rest Station, 18 November 1917; transferred to 74th Casualty Clearing Station, 19 November 1917; to 45th Stationary Hospital, 21 November 1917; to 44th Stationary Hospital, 23 november 1917; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 24 November 1917; to Dersert Mounted Column Rest Camp, 2 January 1918; rejoined 1st Light Horse Regiment, 24 January 1918. Killed in action, 1 May 1918. |
Miscellaneous details | Name recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as QUAMBY. |