QUINN, Michael Martin
| Service Number: | 3426 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 19 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France Hazebrouck Cemetery, Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3426, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3426, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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When I was young, my Nana told me a very brief story of Michael and his twin brother Patrick wanting to join the Armed Forces. Their mother (my great aunt Ellen Quinn) did not want them to enlist, they were only young boys. But they thought it would be a great adventure travelling to another country.
Michael took it upon himself to enlist on October 1915.
Details of travel and appointments to duty were vague within the family, and thanks to Ancestry, I have discovered the story of my great uncle Michael (known to us as Martin). The places he served, the many injuries and gunshot wounds he sustained, how he was patched up and sent back out over and over again to serve our country.
We were told his brother Patrick saw him shot at a train station in France, however this coud not be true as Patrick returned home from active duty with injuries sustained serving with the 24th Battalion.
Michael Martin Quinn was a loved twin brother of Patrick, born 1897 and brother to my grandmother Dorothy Isabel Quinn, born 1906 sister Florence Quinn, brother to John Ivan Quinn born 1901 brother to William Stewart Quinn born 1899.
Not much is known about him as all his family members are now deceased, Patrick died of peritinitis on 5th Feb 1943, his mother Ellen passed away at the age of 80 in Ballarat in 1954.
I am afraid I have no knowlege of a photograph of Martin unfortunatley.
Michael Martin Quinn was Killed in Action on 17th April 1918 and is now buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, 56k's from Calais France.
RIP We will be eternally greatful to you and your fellow man.
Entered by great niece Jeanette
Cemetery details: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
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