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QUINN, Laurence Luke
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 470 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1954, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Roma General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 470, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 470, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 470, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 470, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to double hydrocele |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Christian name sometime spelt Lawrence Luke Quinn.
Son of Luke Quinn and Mary Conway Quiin of Blackwood Road, Enoggera, QLD. Brother of Joseph Thomas Quinn who returned to Australia on 21 November 1919 having served with the 1st Battlion.
Commenced return to Australia on 29 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 9 October 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medal: British War Medal
On 22 November 1922 Laurence married Rosena Duffrey in QLD.