Joseph John QUINN

QUINN, Joseph John

Service Number: 4768
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
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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

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