QUINN, Joseph John
Service Number: | 4768 |
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Enlisted: | 13 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Had to be re-attested on 26 January 1916 due to the loss of the original papers |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Boxwood, Benalla, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Reservoir, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Interred on 5 February 1969 |
Memorials: | Devenish & District Men |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Some records have his name as john Joseph Quinn
Son of Patrick Quinn and Mary Quinn nee Kelly of Kyneton, Victoria.
Next of kin given as John McPartland of Boxwood via Goorambat, Victoria.
Husband of Annie Amelia Martha Quinn nee Davis of Fordington, Doschester, England. Joseph and Annie were married on 20 July 1918 in the Dorchester Registry Office, England. The Registrar A.G. Bawler officiiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 2 November 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal