John Francis QUINN

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Service Number:	386
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Salvage Company
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Quarryman
Died:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholica 1, Grave 3363. Interred on 1 December 1952
Memorials:

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 386, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 386, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 386, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
15 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 386, 37th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right leg. On 21 July 1917 he embarked HS Jans Breydel for England.
24 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Divisional Salvage Company
14 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 386, 3rd Divisional Salvage Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Bernard Quinn and Ann Quinn nee Tiernan of Amsterdam Street, South Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 30 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal