William Cunningham QUINN

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QUINN, William Cunningham

Service Number:	2476
Enlisted:	17 May 1916, Enlisted at Granville, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, 1897
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Christian Brothers, Balmain
Occupation:	Messenger
Died:	Died of Illness (Tuberculosis), North Head Quarantine Station, New South Wales, 23 June 1918
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium RC Section, Row D, Grave 1122
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Granville, NSW
30 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2476, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2476, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
15 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2476, Wounded in action, gunshot wound to the hand

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of J & Sarah Quinn of 'Somerset' St Hilliers Road, Auburn, Sydney, NSW; husband of Georgie Olive Quinn of Wandsworth, UK. It is doubtful if his wife migrated to Australia

Suffered from Tuberculois, Death Certificate states he died from the disease

16 March 1918 - Returned to Australia on board Wandilla for discharge due to ampution of left leg at the thigh

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