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QUINN, Herbert Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 953 |
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Enlisted: | 19 March 1917, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 12th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tram Driver |
Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 953, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 953, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 953, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
27 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, At Birmingham, QLD | |
18 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 12th Field Company Engineers | |
7 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 953, 12th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Quinn and Julia Quinn of Sydney, NSW
Husband of Ellen Mary Quinn nee Brodie of Lane Cove Road, Turramurra, NSW. Herbert and Ellen married during 1915c in Hornsby, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking on 8 August 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal