QUINN, George Arthur
| Service Number: | 2731 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Swansea, Tasmania, Australia , 1 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Waterloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 27 August 1923, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Roman Catholic area |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2731, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2731, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 13 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Quinn and Alice Quinn nee Bryan of Castlereagh Street, Redfern, NSW formerly of Swansea, Tasmania
Husband of Kate Hanorah Quinn nee Smith of Union Street, Waterloo, NSW. George and Kate married in Tasmania on 7 August 1907 in the St. Josephs Church, Hobart, Tasmania
Brother of Timothy Quinn who returned to Autralia on 20 September 1919 having served with the 30th Battalion; James Barnabas Quinn who returned to Australia on 25 25 May 1919 having served with the 55th Battalion; Lewis Claude Quinn who returned to Australia on 27 November 1918 having served with the 37th Battalion.
Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 20 July 1917 for change due to bronchial pneumonia
Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal