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Walter Hugh QUARRIE

Regimental number90
Date of birth31 October 1892
Place of birthRamsey, Isle of Man, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTeamster
AddressBolgart, Toodyay, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinBrother, J Quarrie, Bolgart, Toodyay, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHelena Vale, western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 July 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Elizabeth QUARRIE, Alexandra Road, Bispham, Blackpool, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to Military Hospital, Cairo, 7 May 1915.

Taken on strength, 11th Bn, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915.

Killed in action, 2 July 1915.

Handwritten note on file: 'Buried Victoria Gully Cem. No 1, Gallipoli, about ½ mile S.E. of Anzac Cove'. Subsequently reinterred in Lone Pine Cemetery.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, QUARRIE Walter Hugh

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