Harry Roy QUIN MM

QUIN, Harry Roy

Service Number: 2035
Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 6th Field Company Engineers
Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1889
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 6 July 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2035, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2035, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2035, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
12 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2035, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Field Company Engineers
26 Aug 1916: Honoured Military Medal, Mouquet Farm
4 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2035, 6th Field Company Engineers, Bullecourt (Second)
6 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2035, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2035 awm_unit: 6th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-06

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...2035 Corporal Harry Roy Quin MM, 6th Field Company Engineers from North Carlton, Victoria. A 26 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 12 July 1915, he embarked for overseas as a Private with the 3rd Reinforcements from Melbourne on 26 August 1915 aboard HMAT Anchises. While serving on the Western Front, he was awarded a Military Medal (MM) for bravery at Mouquet Farm, France on 26 August 1916 and promoted to Lance Corporal in October 1916 and to Corporal in April 1917. After being wounded in action at Bullecourt, France on 4 May 1917, he was evacuated for medical treatment to Rouen, France where he died of wounds on 6 July 1917. Cpl Quin is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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