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Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal & 1915 Star Trio to Private E. J. Quidley, late 9th N.Z. Contingent and 4th Australian Light Horse A.I.F. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 campaign clasps, TRANSVAAL &, SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (all impressed named) 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 327 PTE. E. J. QUIDLEY, 4/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.; Victory Medal 327 PTE. E. J. QUIDLEY, 4/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F. 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 1917 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.