Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private E. J. Quidley, 6th Mobile Veterinary Section (A.I.F.), late 9th N.Z. Contigent and 4th Australian Light Horse (A.I.F.)

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7219 Tpr. J. Quidley, N.Z.M.R. 9th Cont.); 1914-15 Star (327 Pte. E. J. Quidley, 4/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (327 Pte. E. J. Quidley, 4/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (327 Pte. E. J. Quidley, 4/L.H.R. A.I.F.), the first with edge bruise, otherwise very fine or better (4) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Ernest Joseph Quidley, a miner from Kaukapakapa, attested for the 9th N.Z. Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Devon in March 1902. A member of ‘F’ Squadron, he served in the Transvaal and was discharged at Wellington in August 1902; he was sent his Medal & 2 clasps in 1904.

Having in the interim made his way to Australia, where he found employment as a gardener, Quidley enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Broadmeadows, Victoria, in August 1914. Appointed a Private in the 4th Australian Light Horse, he was embarked for Egypt in April 1915 and was attached to the 6th Mobile Veterinary Section when he served for a brief time in Gallipoli at the year’s end. He remained likewise employed in the Egypt operations of 1916-17 but was invalided home in May of the latter year and discharged in February 1918.

Quidley died in May 1940, aged 76 years and is buried in Toowong Cemetery, New South Wales; sold with copied research and roll confirmation.