Claude QUINN

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Service Number:	810
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morpeth, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1884
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1938, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, New South Wales
Memorials:

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 810, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 810, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 810, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 810, 4th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand and arm
30 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 810, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to shattered fingers

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Address at the time of enlistment was Cleveland Street, Darlington, NSW.

Son of John Quinn and Amelia Quinn of Ticket Writer, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 17 September 1915 aboard HT Beltana for discharge disembarking on 30 October 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He latter re-enlisted but was discharged after only four months as services no longer required

Husband of Daisy Alma Quinn of Heeley Street, Paddington, NSW