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QUINN, Thomas James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 12019 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1925, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic area, Compartment 1, Grave 42. Interred on 4 August 1925 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12019, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 12019, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 12019, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF | |
| 6 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 12019, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis, rheumatism and heart issues |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Quinn and Bridget Quinn nee McMahon of Gladstone Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of E.M. Quinn of Cheshire Terrace, Seaford Road, West Ealing, England
Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking at Cape Town then re-embarking aboard HT Argyllshire for onward travel to Australia disembarking at Melbourne on 13 April 1918 for onward travel to Hobart.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal