William Vincent Quealy (abt. 1884 - 1925)

Ancestors

Biography

William was born about 1884 at or about Greymouth, West Coast in New Zealand. He was the son of Patrick Quealy and Mary Heffernan.^[1] He passed away in 1925 aged 41, last residence, Perth. Western Australia.

Service number 2886, Private William Vincent Quealy served with the 39th Infantry Battalion in WW1. This unit embarked on HMAT PERSIC on 29 Dec 1916 from Fremantle Western Australia. He would later go on to serve was a Staff Sergeant with the Dental Corps and returned to Australia on the 4th of July 1919.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Govt - Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1884/712 Quealy William Vincent Parents: Mary Teresa and Patrick

• Ancestry.com

Billion Graves App Shows headstone at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth Western Australia for William died February 1925, however transcription mentions death date 7 Mar 1925, (he preceded his Mother who died July 1939). Plot RC Da-0418

WA Online death index reg 100313/1925

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 April 2023), memorial page for William Vincent Quealy (1884–7 Mar 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #213617678, citing Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980). Find A Grave Memorial 213642152. Mary his mother shares a headstone with her son William who predeceased her, as per Find A Grave Memorial Photo

Billion Graves Headstone photo

Australian War Memorial 8 23/56/2/39

• William Vincent QUEALY from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 30th of April, 2023.