Cecil Ross QUINN

QUINN, Cecil Ross

    Service Number: 1997
    Enlisted: 16 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 2 December 1893
    Home Town: Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Auburn Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 3 August 1916, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Auburn Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1997, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1997, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1997, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    3 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1997, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Mrs. Isabella QUINN of St. Hilliers Road, Auburn

    Mrs Quinn (who was formerly Miss Isabel French, daughter of Mr Alfred French, of the old (Cumberland Woollen Mills) has received the sad news that her second son, Cecil, was killed on August The death of Leslie was reported on July 22. A third son, James, is still battling at the Huns. The bereaved mother is now living at Guildford.

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