William Robert QUINN

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Service Number:	1975
Enlisted:	6 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Australian Remount Unit
Born:	Belfast, Ireland, 16 November 1876
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 14 January 1963, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland
Memorials:

6 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1975, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1975, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1975, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, RMS Orontes, Sydney
30 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1975, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Son of Robert Quinn and Mary Anne Quinn nee McBride of Railway Estate, North Bundaberg, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 August 1917 aboard HS Boorara disembarking on 27 September 1917.

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

Husband of Catherine Quinn nee Whitney. William and Catherine were married on 15 March 1919 on QLD