James Arthur QUINN

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Service Number:	5387
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1893
Home Town:	Yalgogrin, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1976, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium Eastern Court Yard, Row A, Lot 1
Memorials:

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5387, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5387, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5387, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
1 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5387, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thumb
19 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5387, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Andrew Quinn and Mary J. Quinn of Yalgogrin North, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 20 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1936c James married Ada Jane Tonkin in Temora, NSW