John William QUINN

Badge Number: SA477, Sub Branch: Semaphore
SA477

QUINN, John William

Service Number: 725
Enlisted: 4 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Port Adelaide, South Australia, 29 March 1891
Home Town: Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Belair, South Australia, 2 July 1972, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Gardens, Path 23, Grave 162B. Interred on 4 July 1972
Memorials: Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Quinn and Catherine Mary Bernard Quinn nee Coleman of St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide, SA.

Commenced return to Australia from Taranto on 24 September 1914 aboard Kaiser-a-Hind then transhipped to HT Devon disembarking on 23 November 1919

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