Charles Gladstone QUINN MID

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QUINN, Charles Gladstone

Service Numbers:	3606, 3606A
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1893
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1967, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3606, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3606, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3606, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion. Letter A added when taken on strngth
5 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3606A, 53rd Infantry Battalion
11 Jul 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8832, position 89. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1656, position 8
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3606A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Joseph Quinn and Sarah Jane Quinn nee Chapman of Frederick Street, Petersham, NSW, formerly of Singleton, NSW.

Brother of William James Patrick Quinn who was killed in action on 5 June 1917 while serving with the 5th Machine Gun Company and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Muriel Irene Alma Quinn nee Brown. Charles and Muriel married during 1929c in Manly, NSW

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