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John QUINN Update Details

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Service Number:	3409
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland, 1888
Home Town:	St Leonards, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3409, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3409, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3409, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, From 55th Battalion
23 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3409, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District a medically unfit due to melancholia

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Next of kin given as his brother James Quinn of St Leonards Hotel, St Leonards, NSW.

John served his carpentry apprenticeship with Martin O'Rouke of Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on 22 March 1918.