James QUINLAN

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Service Number:	621
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Murrumburrah, Harden, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section M2, Row 11, Grave 740. Interred on 7 December 1950. Commemorated with the plaque in the NSW Garden if Remembrance
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 621, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 621, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 621, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
27 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
14 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Criterion Hotel, Murrumburrah, NSW

Son of James Quinlan and Mary Quinlan of Cobar, NSW

Next of kin given as a friend Vera J.M. Dwyer of Binalong, NSW. James and Vera later married during 1919c in Boorowa, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orcadisembarking on 3 April 1919

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