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QUINN, William James Patrick
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 975 |
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Enlisted: | 14 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1886 |
Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Xavier's Catholic School, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Railway Shunter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, North Sydney Tramways Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
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 Charles Gladstone Quinn MID who returned to Australia on 19 July 1918 having served with the 53rd Battalion.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal