QUIN, Charles Joseph
| Service Number: | 5439 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobden, Victoria, March 1885 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 14 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koroit War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 5439, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5439, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5439, 59th Infantry Battalion |
Death Notice.
QUIN. - In loving memory of our dear mother, Sarah Quin who died on 8th September 1926; also our dear father, John Quin, who died 13th August 1904, and our beloved brother, Charles
who died 14th December, 1916, in France.
Tender chord of memory softly touched to-day.- (Inserted by the family at Koroit.)
Submitted 4 September 2015 by Philip Quin
Biography
Brother of 6367 Pte. Thomas John Quin (/explore/people/230346)
Joseph Charles Quin was born in Cobden, Victoria c March 1885. He was the son of John and Sarah Quin. On enlistment on 12 February 1916 he gave his occupation as labourer. He had been employed for the previous three years by Bennie, Teare and Co., suppliers of oil engines which had a wide variety of applications in the agricultural industry. He nominated his mother as his next of kin, his father being dead. He was appointed to the 14th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements.
He embarked for Egypt on 4 April 1916 aboard HMAT Euripides when he gave his address as 537 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, then five houses east of Nicholson Street. He sailed from Alexandria 6 August 1916 arriving in England on 28 August. He then proceeded to France on 30 September 1916. He was transferred from the 14th Battalion to the 59th on 27 November 1916. He was killed in action on 14 December 1916, less than a month later. He left a small amount of savings and no will. An accountant applied on his mother’s behalf to have the money paid to her saying that ‘he was acting in this matter simply to help the mother, who is illiterate, and it is not a business transaction.’ She was granted a pension of £2 per fortnight.
Charles’ name is inscribed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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