Francis Claude QUINN

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Service Number:	2290
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Lumper
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic area FM CCC, Grave 397. Interred on 17 May 1972
Memorials:

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2290, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2290, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
27 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 18th Battalion
14 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
18 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left forearm. Transferred to England on 24 May 1918
14 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2290, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Patrick Quinn and Bridget Quinn of Waverly, NSW.

Next if kin given as his aunt Ellen Murray of Merryman Street, Millers Point, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 2 January 1919

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

During 1925c Francis married Marcella M. Noble in Randwick, NSW