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QUINN, John Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4578 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. Commemorated on the Australian War Medmorial, Panel 153 Name is on the Clonarf Orphanage Church, Victoria Park, WA |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4578, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4578, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4578, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 19 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4578, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wounds to the arm, leg and foot. Embarked for England on 29 July 1917 | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 4578, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4578 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his cousin Robert George Gray of Cue, WA.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Plaque and Scroll were issued to M.M. Quinn of Coogee, NSW under bond