QUINN, Lewis Claude
| Service Number: | 2633 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Swansea, Tasmania, Australia , 31 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1965, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic Monumental Section 12, Grave 1150. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2633, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2633, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2633, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 13 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2633, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to epilepsy |
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Son of James Matthew Quinn and Alice Quinn nee Bryan of Castlereagh Street, Redfern, NSW formerly of Swansea, Tasmania later of Randwick, NSW
Brother of George Arthur Quinn who returned to Australia on 20 July 1917 having served with the 30th Battalion; James Barnabas Quinn who returned to Australia on 25 May 1919 having served with the 55th Battalion; Timothy Quinn who returned to Autralia on 20 September 1919 having served with the 30th Battalion.
Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1918 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 27 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Rita May Quinn nee Bussell. Lewis and Rita married during 1920c in Randwick, NSW