Quilty, William Dempsey
Person: id 3872
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USyd
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World War I
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Quilty
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William Dempsey
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W.D.
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Male
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Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Quilty W.D. : Medical Officer 1916 - Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital @ Mater Misericordiae Hospital [ Crows Nest Australia ]Quilty W.D. : Medical Practitioner 1919 - Private Practice @ Ashbury [ NSW Australia ]Quilty W.D. : Medical Practitioner 1930 - @ Hurlstone Park [ NSW Australia ]Quilty W.D. : Medical Practitioner 1937 - @ Hurlstone Park [ NSW Australia ]Quilty W.D. : Medical Practitioner 1942 - @ Hurlstone Park [ NSW Australia ]
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M.C., M.B. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 30th July, 1916, and sailing in October, served at No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, from 25th January, 1917. Joined 12th Australian Field Ambulance 7th April, being R.M.O. Divisional Ammunition Column from 12th and, transferring to 4th A.F.Amb. 29th August, was R.M.O. 10th Field Artillery Brigade from 1st November, 1917, to 4th April, 1919, then returning for demobilisation. Awarded M.C.* in December, 1917, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at St. Patrick's College, Goulburn (Dux). * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a bearer division. He remained at a cross road throughout the day attending to casualties and supervising their evacuation, though the enemy was persistently shelling the area with gas and high explosives.
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