Lawrence Charles QUINLAN

QUINLAN, Lawrence Charles

Service Number: 1376
Enlisted: 6 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Homebush, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Croydon, Victoria, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1376, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1376, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1376, 8th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
30 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, At Tel-el-Kebir
5 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
29 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1376, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Quinlan and Johannah Quinlan nee Dark of Cardigan Street, Carlton, Victoria. Brother of William Kerby Quinlan who was killed in action on 18 August 1916 while serving with the 8th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918

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

During 1933c Lawrence married Caroline Minnie Kleinert in Victoria

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