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Francis Bourke QUILTY

Regimental number2730
Place of birthTumut, New South Wales
SchoolSt Patrick's College, Goulburn, NSW (Catholic)
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressRiverview, Tumut, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Timothy Quilty, Riverview, Tumut, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2730A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried Communal Cemetery, Corbie, France.
FateDied of wounds 18 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Timothy and Margaret QUILTY; brother of Mary QUILTY, "Riverview", Tumut, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captaom W. Wuilty AAMCM.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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