QUICK  H.D.

Given Names:  Herbert Dickinson

               

Service Number:  1640

Unit:  3rd Pioneer Battalion, 1st reinforcements                                                                 

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  18 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Sawyer                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Quaker

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9¼ In                  

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Quick

16 Union Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  6/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wandilla A62

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  3rd Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                           

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  42191

Victory Medal:  41744

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Edward John QUICK                   

Mother:  Grace DICKENSON

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 7/11/1917                          

Place: 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France                                                        

Burial:  St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 15/10/1917 (Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium); gun shot wound, left foot and both legs

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn College

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 337841

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary