Bernard QUINN

QUINN, Bernard

    Service Numbers: 3477a, 3477A, 3477
    Enlisted: 17 February 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
    Born: St. Lawrence, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1873
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 April 1945, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
    ANZAC 7, Row 83, Grave 8
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3477a, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    16 Aug 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3477A, Mining Corps, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
    16 Aug 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3477, Mining Corps, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
    16 Aug 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3477A, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    16 Aug 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3477, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    20 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 3477, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle
    20 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 3477, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
    22 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From Mining Corps having failed to re-embark at Fremantle, WA. Rank changed to Private
    17 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Veterinary Hospital, From 51st Battalion.
    1 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, From Veterinarian Hospital
    2 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3477, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    At the time of enlistment he was residing in Townsville, QLD.

    Son of Francis Quinn and Mary Ann Quinn nee McGrane of Milchester Road, Charters Towers, QLD.

    Caommenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HS Konigin Luise as nursing staff disembarking on 16 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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